Fiaraidh

#3558 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Fiaraidh is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides. It is 41 ha in size, and 30 metres at its highest point. It is relatively flat and featureless, and is used as a staging post by barnacle geese. The geology is Archaean gneiss. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°4'5"N, 7°26'30"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Fiaraidh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Easaval, Gighay, Allasdale, Fuday.

5.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Easaval, South Uist
139 min walk • Easaval is one of the smallest hills on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a height of 243 metres.
5.3 miSE
Island
Gighay
135 min walk • Gighay an uninhabited island off the northeast coast of Barra. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
5.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Allasdale, Barra
132 min walk • Allasdale is a settlement on Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road.
2.4 miSE
Island
Fuday
62 min walk • Fuday is an uninhabited island of about 232 hectares and is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies just east of Scurrival Point on Barra and west of Eriskay. Fuday is owned by the Scottish Government.
4.5 miS
Harbor
Northbay, Barra
115 min walk • Northbay is a township and community in the north of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. Northbay is within the parish of Barra. There was a long history of settlement in the area - the neolithic standing stones at Borve testify to this.
5.5 miSE
Island
Fuiay
142 min walk • Fuiay is an island in Scotland. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides. Its area is 84 ha and the unnamed highest eminence reaches 107 m. It is located immediately to the west of Flodday and about 1.5 km southwest of Hellisay.
2.9 miS
Island
Orosay
74 min walk • Orosay is a small uninhabited tidal island in the Sound of Barra lying at the north end of Traigh Mhòr, the ‘big beach’ on the north east coast of Barra.
5.1 miSE
Island
Hellisay
131 min walk • Hellisay is a currently uninhabited island It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the southern Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
5 miE
Neighbourhood
Ceann a' Ghàraidh, Eriskay
129 min walk • Ceann a' Ghàraidh is the location of the ferry terminal on the south-western side of the island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It provides a service across the Sound of Barra to Ardmore on the island of Barra The placename literally means "The head of the garden".
4.4 miS
Village
Ardveenish, Barra
114 min walk • Ardveenish is a village on Barra in the Western Isles, Scotland. Ardveenish is also within the parish of Barra.
3.1 miS
Beach
Traigh Mhor
79 min walk • The Tràigh Mhòr, in English 'Big Beach', is a large expanse of sand forming a magnificent white beach at the northern end of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, in the village of Ardmhor extending to the village of Eoligarry. The beach is made up of hard compacted sand.