Outer Hebrides

Blog by Lewis-based textile artist

OS maps on Google - an extremely useful pilot

Sound of Harris (3rd pic from left)

Detailed image of the seabed for part of the Sound of Harris

Find people from Edinburgh Directories complete with map & Google Earth links

Act disjoining the Presbytery of the Long Island to create two.

Description of how 5 families Cleared from Lemreway, Pairc, South Lochs, Lewis, in 1843 came to be the first people living here

Full report on the excavation of the Roundhouse at Kneep, Uig - as a book, to buy, so don't get too excited.

5-year project ending in 2011 to record lost settlements etc.

On Morrison's death, these MSS. passed into the possession of Captain Thomas, R.N., a careful and enthusiastic antiquary who, about 1880, contributed to the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland two lengthy papers based upon them. Later, they became the property of Sir Arthur Mitchell, another noted antiquary and archaeologist. On Mitchell's death they were sold to the firm from whom W. C. MacKenzie, mentioned so often in these pages, bought them. MacKenzie appropriately presented them to the public library in his native town of Stornoway, where they are accessible to anyone who may care to consult them.

Gaelic Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir (5 pdf files at bottom of page) Also links to Gaelic dictionaries, word-lists etc

Arrival and departure information for Stornoway airport

Nice online visitors guide with interactive map

Scottish Archaeology Internet Reports - several from the Western Isles

Comprehensive descriptions of 10 locations in the isles.

Useful site with links

The South Uist community body

Daily photoblog by Skye-based photographer, featuring a lot of Outer Hebrides images

Outspoken blog by former Western Isles councillor