Islands · Scottish Islands
Shiant Islands
Also known as: Ynysoedd y Shiant, Na h-Eileanan Seunta, Na h-Eileanan Móra
Shiant Islands in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Shiant Islands is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Shiant Islands (; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Mòra [nə ˈhelanən ˈmoːɾə] or Na h-Eileanan Seunta [nə ˈhelanən ˈʃiant̪ə] ) or Shiant Isles are a privately owned island group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are five miles (eight kilometres) southeast of the Isle of Lewis.
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Background
History
]] In 1549, Donald Monro, Dean of the Isles wrote in Scots of: <blockquote> "an isle called Ellan Senta, which means in English "fable island", an isle more than 2 mi long, very profitable for grain, stock-rearing and fishing, pertaining to McLeod of Lewis. On the east side of this isle there is a bore, made like a vault, longer(?) than the arrow shot of any man on earth, through which gulping vault we used to row our sail boats, for fear of the horrible break of the seas that is on the outward side, but no large ship can sail through it." Nicolson (2002) calls this "vault" on Toll a' Roimh at the north east end of Garbh Eilean the "Hole of the Seals" and describes rowing a dinghy through…
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- Coordinates
- 57.8990, -6.3641
Sources
- wikidata: Q1789795 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Shiant Islands (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Shiant Islands?
- Shiant Islands is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.8990°, -6.3641°.
- Is Shiant Islands free to visit?
- Yes — admission to Shiant Islands is free.