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30 businesses across the islands. Looking for a plumber, heat pump or Starlink? Find a trade. Selling a sofa, offering a lift or pinning a hall note? That belongs on the Uist noticeboard.
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The Honesty Box Trail
Play Honesty Box Bingo — find every box on the islands and stamp your card.
An Carra Standing Stone
south uist
Tall Neolithic standing stone on the slope of Beinn a' Charra near Ormacleit, South Uist, a short walk up from the A865
Baleshare Causeway
north uist
Spanning the shores of North Uist, the Baleshare Causeway offers a tranquil gateway to a haven of unspoiled natural beauty and endless opportunities for discovery.
Barp Frobost Chambered Cairn
south uist
Neolithic chambered cairn on a knoll east of the A865 at Frobost, South Uist, reached by a boggy farm track
Benbecula War Memorial
benbecula
The island war memorial at Griminish on the B892, beside the road between Balivanich and Liniclate.
Benbecula Water Tower
benbecula
The 1970s RAF water tower at Balivanich, no longer in use but saved from demolition and visible from most of Benbecula.
Berneray Causeway
berneray
Road causeway linking Berneray to Otternish, North Uist, opened in 1999 to replace the island ferry
Bornais Viking House Mound
south uist
Norse settlement mounds on the South Uist machair, with an on-site QR code for the Outer Hebrides Unearthed app
Borve Castle
benbecula
The ruin of Caisteal Bhuirgh at Torlum, built for Amy MacRuairi in the 1300s and once the most important castle in Benbecula.
Cladh Hallan Roundhouses
south uist
Excavated Bronze Age roundhouses on the machair near Daliburgh, South Uist, with an augmented-reality app reconstruction
Dun Raouill
south uist
Medieval fortified islet in Loch Druidibeg, South Uist, recorded by Historic Environment Scotland
Dun an Sticir
north uist
Iron Age broch with a medieval hall on an island in Loch an Sticir, reached by causeways near Newtonferry, North Uist
Flora MacDonald's house
south uist
Ruined cottage and memorial cairn at Milton, South Uist, marking the birthplace of Flora MacDonald
Gramsdale Standing Stones
benbecula
Remains of a prehistoric stone circle in a field at the north tip of Benbecula, beside the road to the North Ford causeway
Howmore
south uist
Township on the west coast of South Uist with medieval chapel ruins, thatched cottages, a Gatliff hostel and a beach nearby
Hut of the Shadow
north uist
Chris Drury's 1997 turf-roofed camera obscura on the shore near Lochmaddy, a twenty-minute walk from the village
Kilpheder Wheelhouse
south uist
Site of an Iron Age wheelhouse on the machair at Kilpheder, South Uist, excavated in 1952; little now visible
North Ford Causeway
benbecula
Three-mile single-track causeway with three bridges linking Benbecula, Grimsay and North Uist, opened in 1960
Nunton Steadings
benbecula
Early 1700s steading at Nunton on the site of a medieval nunnery, restored by the Uist Preservation Trust in 1999.
Nuntonhill Side School
benbecula
Old Loch Skipport Pier
south uist
Ruined steamer pier at the end of the B890 on Loch Skipport, South Uist, once a main port for Glasgow and Oban steamers
Old Lochmaddy School
north uist
Former primary school in Lochmaddy, now a NUDC community hub with the Àrainneachd Àlainn environment exhibition
Old Stuart Boatshed
grimsay
Former Stewart family boatshed at Kenary, Grimsay, where Grimsay boats were built from the 1840s to 2000
Pobull Fhinn
north uist
Oval stone circle of around two dozen stones on the slopes of Ben Langass, North Uist, reached by footpath from Langass Lodge
Reineval chambered cairn
south uist
Well-preserved Neolithic chambered cairn on the hillside above Mingearraidh, South Uist, a short walk up a track
Roadends Sculpture
north uist
Tiled concrete seat sculpture by Colin Mackenzie at Carnach, North Uist, part of the Uist Sculpture Trail
South Clettreval Chambered Cairn
north uist
Neolithic chambered cairn with a later Iron Age roundhouse built over it, on the slopes of South Clettraval, North Uist
Stiaraval Chambered Cairn
benbecula
Neolithic chambered cairn at Griminish on Benbecula, with later shieling huts built from its stones
Teampull na Trionaid (Trinity Temple Carinish)
north uist
Ruined 13th-century church and burial ground at Carinish, North Uist, linked to Beathag of Iona and Amie MacRuari
The Listening Place
south uist
Sculpture by Valerie Pragnell at North Glendale, South Uist, with tractor-seat benches and bards' poems
Uist Unearthed
benbecula
Award-winning augmented-reality archaeology app from UHI bringing Hebridean Way sites such as Cladh Hallan to life