Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland ...

. The county borders

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire ( ...

to the north and

Inverness-shire Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in populat ...

to the south, as well as having a complex border with

Cromartyshire Cromartyshire ( gd, Siorrachd Chromba) is a historic county in the Highlands of Scotland, comprising the medieval "old shire" around the county town of Cromarty and 22 enclaves and exclaves transferred from Ross-shire in the late 17th century. ...

– a county consisting of numerous

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s or

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s scattered throughout Ross-shire's territory. Ross-shire includes most of Ross along with Lewis in the

Outer Hebrides The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coas ...

Dingwall Dingwall ( sco, Dingwal, gd, Inbhir Pheofharain ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest cas ...

is the traditional county town. The area of Ross-shire is based on that of the historic province of Ross, but with the exclusion of the many enclaves that form Cromartyshire. For shreival purposes the area was first separated from the authority of the

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Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histo ...

by Act of

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during the reign of King James IV, the sheriff to sit at

Tain Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. Etymology The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The ...

. Sheriffs were seldom appointed, and further acts of 1649 and 1661 restated its separation from Inverness. The 1661 act also clarified the area encompassed, based on the pre-Reformation Diocese of Ross. Sir George Mackenzie's Ross-shire estates were transferred to Cromartyshire by a 1685 Act of Parliament (repealed 1686, re-enacted 1690).
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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889. The main effect of the act was to establish elected county councils in Scotland. In this it foll ...

provided that "the counties of Ross and Cromarty shall cease to be separate counties, and shall be united for all purposes whatsoever, under the name of the county of Ross and Cromarty." The two counties that became the single

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county of

Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty ( gd, Ros agus Cromba), sometimes referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the l ...

, which continued to be used for local government purposes until 1975, although Ross-shire remained as the postal county for the mainland part of the local government county until 1996. In 1975, Ross and Cromarty was itself replaced by the

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and the

Western Isles The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coas ...

, under the

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. The region became a

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in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. There was a Ross-shire constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801, and of the

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from 1801 to 1832. In 1832 it was merged with the Cromartyshire constituency to form the Ross and Cromarty constituency.

Geography

Western Ross-shire, also known as

Wester Ross Wester Ross () is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland. The area is loosely defined, and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right, but is generally regarded as lying to t ...

, is typified by its mountainous Highland scenery, especially the Torridon Hills which includes such peaks as

Beinn Eighe Beinn Eighe () is a mountain massif in the Torridon area of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Lying south of Loch Maree, it forms a long ridge with many spurs and summits, two of which are classified as Munros: R ...

and Liathach. The highest point in the county is Càrn Eighe at . It contains a long, fractured coastline along The Minch and Inner Sound (opposite

Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated ...

), consisting of a number of isolated peninsulas split by sea lochs; from north to south the chief of these are

Loch Broom Loch Broom ( gd, Lochbraon, "loch of rain showers") is a sea loch located in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, in the former parish of Lochbroom, on the west coast of Scotland. The small town of Ullapool lies on the eastern shore of the loch. Li ...

, the

Scoraig peninsula Scoraig ( gd, Sgoraig) is a settlement located on a remote peninsula between Little Loch Broom and Loch Broom, north-west of Ullapool in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. The 1871 census recorded more than 380 Gaelic-speaking inhabitants o ...

, Little Loch Broom, Gruinard Bay,

Rubha Mòr Rubha Mòr is a remote peninsula in west Scotland, in the western region of Ross and Cromarty. The peninsula stretches from Greenstone Point in the north to the villages of Poolewe on the southern coastline and Laide on the northern coastline. The ...

peninsula, Loch Ewe, Rua Reidh/Melvaig peninsula, Loch Gairloch, Loch Torridon, Applecross peninsula, Loch Kishorn,

Loch Carron Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh peninsula from the Applecross peninsula, and from the Stomeferry headland east of Loc ...

Lochalsh Lochalsh is a district of mainland Scotland that is currently part of the Highland council area. The Lochalsh district covers all of the mainland either side of Loch Alsh - and of Loch Duich - between Loch Carron and Loch Hourn, ie. from Stromef ...

peninsula,

Loch Long Loch Long is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Sea Loch extends from the Firth of Clyde at its southwestern end. It measures approximately in length, with a width of between . The loch also has an arm, Loch Goil, on its weste ...

, Loch Duich and the Glenelg peninsula which is shared with Inverness-shire. The eastern half (

Easter Ross Easter Ross ( gd, Ros an Ear) is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland. The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons constitu ...

) is generally flatter, and consists of towns, villages and farmland bordering the

Moray Firth The Moray Firth (; Scottish Gaelic: ''An Cuan Moireach'', ''Linne Mhoireibh'' or ''Caolas Mhoireibh'') is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Scot ...

. In the north

Dornoch Firth The Dornoch Firth ( gd, Caolas Dhòrnaich, ) is a firth on the east coast of Highland, in northern Scotland. It forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north. The firth is designated as a nationa ...

separates the county from Sutherland; near the Dornoch Firth Bridge lies the thin, tapering

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peninsula. In the north-east can be found the hammerhead-shaped

Tarbat peninsula Tarbat (Gaelic , meaning 'a crossing or isthmus'Place-names of Ross and Cromarty, by W J Watson, publ. The Northern Counties Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Inverness 1904; p.45) is a civil parish in Highland, Scotland, in the north-east corner ...

which is shared with Cromartyshire; across Cromarty Firth lies the Black Isle (actually a peninsula not an island), which is also shared with Cromartyshire. To the south-east Beauly Firth forms the border with Inverness-shire. The county contains numerous lochs, the most prominent of these being

Loch Ailsh ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Crom Loch Crom or CROM may refer to: Places * Crom, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland * Crom Estate, a Northern Irish National Trust Property ** Crom Castle * Ben Crom, a mountain in the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland * Cro ...

Loch a' Choire Mhòir ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...

Loch Fada ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Lochan Gaineamhaich ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch Cluanie, Loch Loyne,

Loch Monar Loch Monar is a freshwater loch situated at the head of Glen Strathfarrar, in the West Highlands of Scotland. Since the 1960s, it has been dammed as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme. The loch is fed by a number of small burn ...

, Loch Mullardoch,

Loch a' Bhealaich ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch nan Eun,

Loch na Leitreach ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch an Laoigh ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

Loch Calavie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

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Loch an Tachdaidh ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch Sgamhain,

Loch a' Chroisg ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Clair ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Coulin ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Fhiarlaid ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Dughaill ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spell ...

Loch Coultrie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Damph ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

, Loch Lundie,

Loch na A-Oidhche ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Maree Loch Maree ( gd, Loch Ma-ruibhe) is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At long and with a maximum width of , it is the fourth-largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface area ...

Loch a' Ghodhainn ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Ghaineamhach ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Bad an Sgalaig Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying south of the small village of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland. The north west end of the loch, where it outflows to the Eas na Laimh stream, was dammed in 1 ...

, Loch a' Bhraoin,

Loch Fannich Loch Fannich is a remote loch in Ross-shire, in Scotland. The loch is located west of Strathpeffer. Etymology The name ''Fannich'' may represent an adaption into Gaelic of an earlier Pictish name, employing a cognate of Welsh ''gwaneg'', m ...

, Fionn Loch,

Loch na Sealga ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch Eye, Loch Glass,

Loch Morie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Ussie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Achilty Loch Achilty is a large picturesque lowland freshwater loch set within a sloping birch and oakwood forest, and located near to Contin in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Loch Achilty is notable for having no outflow. It has been assum ...

, Loch Garve,

Loch Luichart ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch Achanalt,

Loch Meig ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

, Loch Droma, Loch Glascarnoch,

Loch Coire Làir ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Vaich ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch a' Chaorunn ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch na Caoidhe ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

Loch Beannacharain ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

and the

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. Lewis is the northern part of

Lewis and Harris Lewis and Harris ( gd, Leòdhas agus na Hearadh, sco, Lewis an Harris), or Lewis with Harris, is a single Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides, divided by mountains. It is the largest island in Scotland and the list of islands in the British ...

, the largest island of the Outer Hebrides and the third largest in the British Isles after Britain and Ireland. Due to its flatter, more fertile land, Lewis contains three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles, and the largest settlement,

Stornoway Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, Stornowa) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well ...

. To the west lie the isolated and uninhabited Flannan Isles. About north of the Butt of Lewis lie North Rona and Sula Sgeir, a remote group of islands which are included within Ross-shire.

Islands

Mainland

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An Garbh-Eilean An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian an ...

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* Crowlin Islands * Eilean a' Chait * Eilean a' Mhal * Eilean an Inbhire Bhàin * Eilean an t-Sratha *

Eilean Bàn Eilean Bàn (Scottish Gaelic meaning ''White Island'') is a island between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area. The Skye Bridge uses the island as a stepping-s ...

* Eilean Chuaig * Eilean Dubh Dhurinis * Eilean Furadh Mòr * Eilean Horrisdale *

Eilean Mòr Eilean Mòr, literally meaning "large island" in Scottish Gaelic, is the name of several Scottish islands. In some areas, the term merely refers to the large island of a group, and may be used in place of the actual name: Saltwater * Eilean Mòr, ...

* Eilean na Bà * Eilean na Bà Mòr * Eilean na Beinne * Eilean na Creige Duibhe * Eilean nam Feannag * Eilean nan Naomh * Eilean Stacan *

Eilean Tioram Dry Island is an inhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland, and part of the inner, inner Hebrides. Dry Island is translated from the Gaelic name for the Island "''Eilean Tioram''". Geography Dry Island is located on the small ...

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* Fraoch Eilean * Fraoch Eilean Mòr * Glas Eilean * Gruinard Island * Isle of Ewe *

Kishorn Island Loch Kishorn ( gd, Ciseòrn) is a sea loch in the north-west Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. Kishorn is a collective name used to refer to a group of populated settlements located next to the loch. Topography Loch Kishorn is a northe ...

* Làrach Tigh Mhic Dhomhnuill * Longa Island * Sgeir a' Bhuic * Sgeir a' Ghair * Sgeir an Araig * Sgeir an Fheòir * Sgeir Bhuide * Sgeir Bhuidhe * Sgeir Chreagach * Sgeir Dùghaill * Sgeir Fhada * Sgeir Ghlas * Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh * Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh Shuas * Sgeir na Trian * Shieldaig Island *

Strome Islands Strome may refer to: People *Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome, Scottish forensic anthropologist *Jennifer Strome, producer and writer *Dylan Strome (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player *Mark Strome, American businessman *Ryan Strome (born ...

* Ulluva

Lewis

* Àird Orasaigh * Bearasaigh * Bhuaile Mhòr * Bràighe Mòr * Bratanais Mòr * Campaigh * Ceabagh * Ceabhaigh * Cealasaigh * Cliatasaigh * Craigeam * Cruitear * Cùl Campaigh * Eilean a' Bhlàir *

Eilean an Tighe :''"Eilean an Taighe", or "Eilean Taigh" is a fairly common island name'' Eilean an T(a)ighe, meaning "House Island" (lit. "Island of the House"), is one of the Shiant Islands. It is joined to Garbh Eilean by an isthmus, so they each form pa ...

* Eilean Àrnol * Eilean Beag a' Bhàigh * Eilean Bhàcasaigh * Eilean Bhinndealaim * Eilean Chearstaigh * Eilean Chalaibrigh * Eilean Chaluim Cille * Eilean Cheòis * Eilean Dubh a' Bhàigh * Eilean Fir Chrothair * Eilean Liubhaird * Eilean Mhealasta * Eilean Molach * Eilean Mòr a' Bhàigh * Eilean Mòr Lacasaidh * Eilean Mòr Phabail * Eilean nan Uan * Eilean Orasaidh * Eilean Orasaigh * Eilean Rosaidh * Eilean Sgarastaigh * Eilean Shìophoirt * Eilean Teinis * Eilean Thinngartsaigh * Eilean Thòraidh * Eilean Thuilm * Eilean Trosdam * Eughlam * Eunaigh Mòr * Flannan Isles * Fleisgeir * Flodaigh, Lewis *

Flodaigh (Outer Loch Ròg) Flodaigh is an islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewis, Scotland. It lies north west of Great Bernera and Little Bernera, south of Bearasaigh and Seanna Chnoc and west of Campaigh Campaigh or Campay is a steep and rocky islet in outer Loch Ròg, Lewi ...

* Fuaigh Beag * Fuaigh Mòr * Garbh Eilean * Geile Sgeir *

Glas Sgeir Glas may refer to: * Hans Glas GmbH, a former German automotive company * ''Glas'' (film), a 1958 Dutch documentary film * ''Glas'' (book), a 1974 book by Jacques Derrida * ''Glas'' (publisher), a Russian publishing house * Glas (surname) * Eo ...

* Gousam * Great Bernera * Grèineam * Hairsgeir Beag * Hairsgeir Mòr * Lada Sgeir * Langaisgeir Mòr * Lewis (''part of the larger

island'') * Linngeam * Liongam * Lìth Sgeir * Little Bernera * Màs Sgeir *

Pabaigh Beag Pabbay (Gaelic: ) is the name of several islands in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland: * Pabbay, Barra Isles, to the south of Barra * Pabbay, Harris, in the Sound of Harris, between Harris and North Uist * Pabbay, Loch Baghasdail, in Loch Baghasdail, ...

Pabaigh Mòr Pabay Mòr or Pabaigh Mòr is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. History The island's name comes from ''papey'', an Old Norse name meaning "Island of the ''papar'' or culdees". The island was connected to Clan MacLeod thr ...

* Riosaigh * Seanna Chnoc * Sgeir a' Mhurain * Sgeir Dhail * Sgeir Dhearg * Sgeir Ghlas Bheag * Sgeir Ghobhlach * Sgeir Leathann * Sgeir Liath * Sgeir Mhòr Shildinis * Sgeir Mol Srupair * Sgeir Sgianailt * Sgeir Tanais * Sgeirean An Arbhair * Shiant Islands * Siaram Bostadh * Siaram Mòr * Tabhaigh Bheag * Tabhaigh Mhòr * Tamna * Tanaraigh * Tannaraidh * Thalta Sgeir *

Vacsay Vacsay ( gd, Bhacsaigh from Old Norse "bakkiey" meaning "peat bank island") is one of the Outer Hebrides. It is off the west coast of Lewis in West Loch Roag. It is in size, and at its highest point. History Like many of the surrounding i ...

(''Bhàcasaigh in Gaelic'')

North Rona

* Ghealldraig Mhòr * Gralisgeir * Lisgear Mhòr * North Rona * Sula Sgeir *

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Settlements

Mainland

View over Dingwall to Ben Wyvis, from Alcaig

* Achnasheen * Alness * Applecross *

Ardgay Ardgay ( gd, Àird Gaoith or ''Àird Ghaoithe'') high wind" - see below Further reading: MacGregoris a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland and is 1 mile south from Bonar Bridge and lies at the entran ...

* Aultbea * Avoch * Ballintore * Barbaraville * Conon Bridge * Contin *

Culrain Culrain (Cul Raoin) is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. Location It lies west of Ardgay, beside the Kyle of Sutherland about west from the village of Bonar Bridge, where several rivers converge to flood into the sea through ...

Diabaig Diabaig ( gd, Dìobaig) is a remote coastal fishing and crofting township in Wester Ross, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Diabaig lies on the north shore of the sea loch of Loch Diabaig, an inlet off the north side of Loch Torridon, and ...

* Dornie *

Easter Fearn Easter Fearn is a small settlement in the Ross-shire area of the Highland council area in Scotland, on the A836 and B9176 roads it is 3 miles from Ardgay and is 6 miles from the A9. Easter Fearn is on the Dornoch Firth and is home to Strudie H ...

* Edderton * Evanton * Fearn * Garve *

Gairloch Gairloch ( ; gd, Geàrrloch , meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a go ...

* Hill of Fearn * Invergordon *

Inverinate Inverinate ( gd, Inbhir Ìonaid) is a small linear village on the north shore of Loch Duich in Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scotland, Scottish council area of Highland Council area, Highland. History A prominent family of tacksman ...

* Kilmuir, Black Isle *

Kilmuir, Easter Ross Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, southeast of Kildary and northeast of Invergordon. Geography The village of Kilmuir is within the former parish of Kilmuir Easter. The parish was situa ...

* Kinlochewe * Kyle of Lochalsh * Laide * Marybank * Marburgh *

Muir of Ord Muir of Ord ( gd, Am Blàr Dubh) is a village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated near the western end of the Black Isle, about west of the city of Inverness and south of Dingwall. The village has a popula ...

* Mulbuie *

Munlochy Munlochy ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Poll Lochaidh'') is a small village, lying at the head of Munlochy Bay (''Ob Poll Lochaidh''), in the Black Isle in Ross and Cromarty, in northern Scotland. There are few early records of a settlement, but it se ...

* Nigg * North Kessock * Poolewe * Reraig *

Shieldaig Shieldaig ( gd, Sìldeag; on, síld- vík, lit=herring bay)W. J. Watson''Place-names of Ross and Cromarty'' 1904, p. 208. is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Geography a ...

* Strathcarron *

Strathpeffer Strathpeffer ( gd, Srath Pheofhair) is a village and spa town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, with a population of 1,469. Geography It lies in a strath west of Dingwall, with the elevation ranging from above sea level. Sheltered on ...

Stromeferry Stromeferry ( gd, Port an t-Sròim) is a village, located on the south shore of the west coast sea loch, Loch Carron, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Its name reflects its former role as ...

Torridon Torridon (Scottish Gaelic: ''Toirbheartan'') is a small village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. However the name is also applied to the area surrounding the village, particularly the Torridon Hills, mountains to the north of Glen Torri ...

Isle of Lewis

* Achmore * Adabrock * Aignish *

Aird Aird may refer to: People * Aird (surname), shared by several people Places Northern Ireland * Aird, County Antrim, a townland Scotland * Aird, Dumfries and Galloway *Aird, Inverness, a district of the county of Inverness *Aird, Lewis (''Aird An ...

* Aird Uig * Airidhbhruaich * Arnol * Back * Balallan * Ballantrushal * Barvas * Borve * Bragar * Branahuie * Brue *

Breaclete Breacleit (or Roulanish; gd, Breacleit; Old Norse: ''Breiðiklettr'') is the central village on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breaclete is within the parish of Uig. Although the village name comes from a geographical feature r ...

Breanish Brenish ( gd, Brèinis) is a small village situated on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, which is part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Brenish is within the parish of Uig. The name of the village is sometimes spelt Breanish (which is gen ...

* Breasclete * Calbost * Callanish * Carishader *

Carloway Carloway ( gd, Càrlabhagh, IPA: �kʰaːɾɫ̪ə.ɤː is a crofting township and a district on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The district has a population of around 500. Carloway township is within the pari ...

* Caverstay *

Cliff In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on ...

Coll Coll (; gd, Cola; sco, Coll)Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 31 is an island located west of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and f ...

* Cromore *

Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a s ...

* Crossbost * Crowlista *

Dalbeg Dalbeg is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dalbeg had a population of 76 people. Geography Dalbeg farming community located inland from the townships of Ayr and Home Hill. Situated on the bank ...

* Eagleton * Eorodale * Eoropie * Fivepenny * Flesherin *

Garynahine Garynahine ( gd, Gearraidh na h-aibhne) is a settlement on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads from Stornoway, Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011. ...

* Garyvard * Geishader * Gisla * Gravir * Gress * Grimshader * Habost * Hacklete *

Holm Holm may refer to: Places * Holm (island), the name of several islands * Holm, Nordfriesland, Germany * Holm, Pinneberg, Germany * Holm (Flensburg), Flensburg, Germany * Holm, Norway, in Nordland county * Holm, Troms, Norway * Holm, Podu Iloa ...

* Islivik * Keose * Keose Glebe * Kershader * Kirkibost *

Kneep Kneep ( gd, Cnìp) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Kneep is within the parish of Uig. Various archaeological discoveries have been made at Kneep, including a Viking cemetery and a number of Viking burials, as ...

Knockaird Knockaird ( gd, An Cnoc Àrd) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the parish of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is the highest point in Port of Ness and is home to Dùn Èistean an ancient ruined fort on a small island that is joine ...

* Laxay * Laxdale * Lemreway * Leurbost * Lionel * Lower Bayble * Mangursta * Marvig * Marybank * Meavik * Melbost * Newmarket * Newvalley * North Dell *

North Galson North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''no ...

* North Tolsta *

Orinsay Orinsay ( gd, Orasaigh) is a crofting village on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Pairc, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Lochs. Orinsay is from Stornoway Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, St ...

Parkend Parkend is a village, located at the foot of the Cannop Valley, in the Royal Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England, and has a history dating back to the early 17th century. During the 19th century it was a busy industrial village with ...

* Plasterfield * Portnaguran * Port of Ness * Portvoller * Ranish * Sandwick *

Shader In computer graphics, a shader is a computer program that calculates the appropriate levels of light, darkness, and color during the rendering of a 3D scene - a process known as '' shading''. Shaders have evolved to perform a variety of spec ...

* Shawbost * Sheshader * Shieldenish * Shulishader *

Skigersta Skigersta ( gd, Sgiogarstaigh) is a village to the south east of Ness on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is the easternmost settlement in the Ness district and is 5km (3miles) southeast of the Butt of Lewis. Skigersta is ...

* South Dell *

South Galson South Galson is a settlement on the northwest coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is 11 km southwest of Port of Ness. The Galson Primary School closed in 1996. The populations of North Galson, South Galson, and Melbost ...

Steinish Steinish ( gd, Steinnis, IPA: �ʃtʰʲeɲɪʃ is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis, near Plasterfield and Stornoway Airport. Steinish is situated within the parish of Stornoway, and is also situated adjacent to t ...

Swainbost Swainbost ( gd, Suaineabost) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The name Swainbost meaning ''Sweins steading'' is of Viking derivation. The settlement is situated in the parish of Barvas. A ...

Timsgarry Timsgarry ( gd, Tuimisgearraidh) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Timsgarry is home to the Baile na Cille Church and the Uig Museum, noted for its giant Chessmen, discovered in the sands in 1831. Geography Tim ...

* Tobson * Tong * Upper Bayble * Valtos

References

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