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	North And South Uist - LoveToKnow 1911
		NORTH AND SOUTH UIST, islands of the outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
		North Uist lies S. of Harris (Long Island), from which it is separated about 8 m.
		The islands belonging to the parish of North Uist comprise - to the south-west Balleshare and Illeray (pop., 383), Kirkibost, Heisker (98), and the Monach group, with a lighthouse on Shillay; to the south, Grimisay (290) and Ronay; to the north-east, Levera; to the north, Boreray (118) and Vallay.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /North_And_South_Uist (339 words)

	St Kilda, Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		St Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) is an archipelago situated 64 kilometres west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean.
		Uninhabited since the local population was evacuated in 1930, the group of islands continues to be administratively a part of Harris, in the Western Isles of Scotland.
		Hirta is the largest island in the group, followed by Soay, two kilometres northwest of Hirta; and Boreray, six kilometres northeast of Hirta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Kilda,_Scotland (1060 words)

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		North Uist lies S.W. of Harris (Long Island), from which it is separated about 8 m.
		The islands belonging to the parish of North Uist comprise—to the south-west Balleshare and Illeray (pop., 383), Kirkibost, Heisker (98), and the Monach group, with a lighthouse on Shillay; to the south, Grimisay (290) and Ronay; to the north-east, Levera; to the north, Boreray (118) and Vallay.
		South Uist has a population (1901) of 3541, an extreme length of 22 M. and an extreme width of 8 m.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=67311 (375 words)

	Places for holidays or vacation in Scotland including the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides
		The Uists are reachable by ferry and plane from the mainland and the neighbouring islands.
		This region of north-east Scotland is particularly famous for its Castle Trail and Whisky Trail.
		Located at the heart of some wonderful mountain scenery in the north-west of Scotland, it is often busy during the summer due to the ferry for the Isle of Lewis.
	www.scotland-info.co.uk /places.htm (1549 words)

	North Uist accommodation, sightseeing, transport - Western Isles (Outer Hebrides) Scotland
		This is the junction between the main loop road of North Uist and the road heading south to Benbecula and South Uist.
		North Uist has a fascinating history, and a landscape scattered with historic sites, from Neolithic burial chambers and Iron Age forts, though medieval churches and battle-sites, to townships forged in the days of kelp trade, and the subsequent traumas of clearance and emigration.
		Of all the Western Isles, none has closer links with the turbulent history of Clan Donald than North Uist, and stories of their chiefs and battles are linked with sites all through the island, all set in a landscape which is one of the most varied and beautiful in the Hebrides.
	www.scotland-inverness.co.uk /north-uist.htm (2907 words)

	Location Explorer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Saint Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) archipelago, in the North Atlantic is at the outermost limits of the British Isles.
		Situated 66 km west-north-west of North Uist, only Rockall is further away from the British mainland.
		The whole north face of Conachair is a vertical cliff over 300 m high, falling sheer into the sea.
	www.cruise.com /LE5/Default/LocationID_11333/index.html (296 words)

	Outer Hebrides - Mingulay, North Uist and St Kilda
		Uist is from the Norse word "i-vist" meaning a house and the Vikings were settled here for many centuries.
		North Uist has an area of 118 square miles and a population of around 1,500 (down from 5,000 in early 19th century).
		The main port on North Uist is at Lochmaddy.
	www.rampantscotland.com /visit/blvisithebrides5.htm (386 words)

	Outer Hebrides - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In most of the rest of Scotland, however, similar unitary councils were not established until 1996.
		Lewis is in the north of the island group and forms part of the county of Ross-shire.
		However other islands are less strict and those south of North Uist are known to be predominantly Roman Catholic.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Outer_Hebrides (1166 words)

	Lost Islands
		It is 44 miles north of the Butt of Lewis, further offshore than St Kilda, and had a flourishing community in 1549.
		But from the far north beyond Lewis to the south beyond Barra populations have gradually withdrawn, sometimes racked by diseases brought from outside; left unable to cope after previous emigrations or losses of men at sea; or simply unwilling to put up with the effects of isolation for any longer.
		Lying to the south of Barra, (not to be confused with Berneray off North Uist), this is the base of the Barra Head lighthouse.
	www.w-isles.gov.uk /eriskay/lost.htm (1286 words)

	HEISKEIR OR MONACH ISLES AND SOLLAS TOWNSHIP CENTENARY
		Allusions to the hunting-ground that intervened between North Uist and St. Kilda, for instance, are common to the legendary of St. Kilda and of Harris.
		During the 16th and 17th centuries the wadset occupied a prominent position in the tenancy of North Uist and the islands adjacent thereto.
		This is the name given to the road running a distance of four miles between Malacleit and the Vallay Strand, in the north, and Dusary, in the south, facilitating a shortcut across the north-west portion of North Uist.
	www.northuist.net /heiskeir.html (6453 words)

	Boreray Island - Wildlife
		Boreray is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), part of North Uist Machair and Islands Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar site, and lies within South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area.
		The Sound of Harris is a shallow stretch of water between Harris and North Uist, about ten miles west to east by six miles north to south; it is littered with sandbanks, reefs and uninhabited islands (Boreray and Berneray are the only populated ones).
		The north-east of Boreray is territory for gulls, and almost every large boulder in an area 100m square provides a nesting place.
	www.boreray-island.co.uk /Wildlife.htm (531 words)

	Outer Hebrides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		They form part of the Hebrides, separated from the Scottish mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the stormy stretch of water known as the Minch and the Little Minch.
		The major islands include:Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist and Barra.
		To the north lie North Rona and Sula Sgeir, two small and remote islands.
	uncover.us /en/wikipedia/o/ou/outer_hebrides.html (317 words)

	commercial stock photo library of scotland - scottish landscape photography
		skye, arran and the western isles or outer hebrides of harris, lewis, berneray, scarp, barra, south uist, vatersay, mingulay and the elusive archipeligo of st kilda consisting of boreray, stac an armin, stac lee, hirta, soay, dun and village bay.
		Landscape pictures of st.andrews where prince william is studying at present including pictures of st andrews castle and st andrews cathedral and priory ruins.
		Scotland is a land rich in history with dramatic landscapes which I have endevoured to reproduce on this landscape photo site.
	www.buyimage.co.uk /photonet/homepage/scothome.html (282 words)

	Scotland Stock Photo Library - scottish highlands and islands photography, commercial landscape picture library, ...
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		st kilda consisting of boreray, stac an armin, stac lee, hirta, soay, dun and village bay.
		Scotland is a land rich in history with dramatic landscapes and scottish castles and mountain scenery, which I have endevoured to reproduce on this scottish landscape picture library.
	www.scotland-photo-library.co.uk (569 words)

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		This is grey coloured with bands of white and dark minerals contorted by the pressure of the earth.
		Harris Tweed is cloth that has been handwoven by the islanders of Lewis, Harris, Uist and Barra in their homes, using pure virgin wool that has been dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides.
		North Uist is equally land, lochs and beaches.
	nt4845.vs.netbenefit.co.uk /route_main.asp?ID=145 (661 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The cliffs of Boreray and Soay rise sheer to over 370m and the north face of Conachair hill, on Hirta is 430m high.
		FAUNA St Kilda is an outstanding example of remote island ecological colonisation and isolation of small populations causing genetic divergence in the endemic subspecies of St Kilda wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis and St Kilda wren Troglodytes troglodytes hirtensis.
		Mc Vean, D.N. Flora and vegetation of the island of St Kilda and North Rona in 1958.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/stkilda.html (1750 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - St. Kilda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The cliffs of Boreray and Soay rise sheer to over 370m and the north face of Conachair on Hirta is 426m high.
		The Agrostis-Festuca grassland of Hirta, Boreray and Soay is heavily grazed by sheep.
		Boyd, J. The Boreray sheep of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland: The natural history of a feral population.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/stkilda.html (3171 words)

	Historical perspective for North Uist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		ist, North, an island and parish of the Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire.
		Hence North and South Uist have figured prominently in the Crofter agitation of 1884-85.
		The parish comprehends the island of North Uist, a number of inhabited islands lying adjacent to North Uist or near it, and a great many neighbouring isles and islets, some of them covered with verdure and suitable for pasture, others bare rocks, valuable only for the seals which frequent them.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/features/featurehistory1077.html (918 words)

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	The National Trust for Scotland \| Education Website \| Teachers resources
		The eruption centre of the volcano is somewhere near Boreray and Hirta.
		The coastline is similar on Boreray and outlying stacks which are honeycombed with caves and creeks, some of which break through to form tunnels and natural arches (e.g.
		The Marquess later bequeathed St Kilda to the National Trust for Scotland in 1957 and its cultural and natural heritage is recognised as being of international importance.
	www.ntseducation.org.uk /teachers/st-kilda.html (2232 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		At that time "Scotland" was located nearly equidistant between the northern tip of Newfoundland and the southern tip of Greenland, situated northeast of the former and southeast of the latter.
		In Scotland, The stones at Callanish are laid in the shape of a Celtic cross.
		Scotland being small, there is not a great deal of money available so you find that often some of the folk circuit artists may leave the circuit and go into other more lucrative areas.
	www.faqs.org /ftp/pub/usenet/news.answers/cultures/scottish/scottish-faq (13195 words)

	HIESher~1
		Died, Ê1-2-1853 at the hospital Haulbowline, Archibald MacDonald aged 32, a native of North Uist.
		His nearest relations in Uist are Alexander MacDonald, Hougharry Lochmaddy, his brother, and Marion McVicar or MacDonald his mother in the same place.
		Angus MacDonald, Lochmaddy, cousin and Donald MacDonald Boreray, Lochmaddy, cousin are the nearest relatives of the deceased in Uist.
	www.angelfire.com /ns/bkeddy/HIES/hercules2.html (781 words)

	United Kingdom Divisions
		Wales, it is the shire county (pre-1974); for Scotland, the region (1975-1996); for Northern Ireland, the county (pre-1973).
		Farther from the mainland are Saint Kilda, Boreray, Flannan, Rockall, and North Rona.
		Scotland was united with England by the Act of Union of 1707, constituting Great Britain.
	www.statoids.com /ugb.html (4111 words)

	cs mag: surfing scotland, part 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The cove was small -- less than a mile from the cliffs on the south to the bluffs on the north -- and it faced northwest, the most consistent exposure for swell in the Hebrides, and because of the steepness of the surrounding hills the surface of the water was rarely troubled by wind.
		In the afternoon I caught the ferry across the Sound of Harris to a landing called Otternish on North Uist.
		I had heard there was a good hostel on Berneray, a tiny island just north of Uist that had been connected to the larger island by a causeway in 1998.
	www.coastalsurvey.com /magazine/archive/scotland3.htm (3771 words)

	Southern Oregon Soay Sheep Farms: Frequently Asked Questions
		In May 1963 a varied flock of twenty-four sheep was brought to Scotland from Hirta for further study, it included six polled and scurred ewes.
		When crossed with North American Soay both British Soay rams and ewes have produced polled offspring which establishes the fact they still carry the genetics for polling.
		During the spring of 2000 a white ewe was born in Gleann Mor on the north side Hirta and it has been suggested one possible explanation for this was domestic sheep missed in the round up and cull of 1930.
	www.soayfarms.com /faq.html (3187 words)

	UIST, NORTH AND SOUTH - Online Information article about UIST, NORTH AND SOUTH
		parish of North Uist comprise—to the south-west Balleshare and Illeray (pop., 383), Kirkibost, Heisker (98), and the Monach See also:
		group, with a lighthouse on Shillay; to the south, Grimisay (290) and Ronay; to the north-east, Levera; to the north, Boreray (118) and Vallay.
		August 1745; to the north-east, Wiay; to the north, Grimisay, Fladda, just off the north-east See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TUM_VAN/UIST_NORTH_AND_SOUTH.html (554 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		The contrasts, from the unexpectedly hilly Harris and eastern seaboard of South Uist, to the long sweeps of glistening white sand and the colourful grasslands of the machair that form the western coast, and not forgetting the magical island of Eriskay, are something to be seen to be believed...
		Tiree - Tir an Eorna (Land of Corn) in Gaelic, is the outermost island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, and holds the U.K. sunshine record.
		Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the western and northern shores and the sea of the Hebrides on the eastern and southern, it has beautiful white, sandy beaches with clear, clean waters that are rich in marine life, with Minke whales seen regularly in the summer.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/scotland_western_isles.html (2741 words)

	British Admiralty (BA) - Scotland & adjacent Is - (800) 596-7245
		Harbours on the North And East Coasts of Scotland
		Harbours and Anchorages on the East Coast of England and Scotland
		Islands of the North West Coast of Scotland -
	www.mdnautical.com /bascotland.htm (440 words)

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