Allasdale, Barra

Name: Allasdale
Address: Barra, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Barra

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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. ()

Coordinates: 57°0'4"N, 7°30'7"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Heaval, Castlebay, Fiaraidh, Fuday.

2.7 miSE
Rugged trails and sweeping island views
Heaval, Barra
69 min walk • Heaval is the highest hill on the Outer Hebridean island of Barra, Scotland. The highest point is 383 metres high above sea level and it is located 1.5 km northeast of Castlebay.
3.2 miS
Village, Harbor
Castlebay, Barra
82 min walk • Castlebay is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay.
5.2 miNE
Island
Fiaraidh
132 min walk • 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.
5.5 miNE
Island
Fuday
141 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.
2.6 miE
Harbor
Northbay, Barra
67 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 miE
Island
Fuiay
128 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.
3.6 miNE
Island
Orosay
92 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.
3.4 miS
Medieval castle with a tower house
Kisimul Castle
88 min walk • Kisimul Castle and also known as Kiessimul Castle, is a medieval castle located on a small island off Castlebay, Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It gets its name from the Norse ciosamul, meaning "castle island".
3.1 miE
Village
Ardveenish, Barra
80 min walk • Ardveenish is a village on Barra in the Western Isles, Scotland. Ardveenish is also within the parish of Barra.
3 miNE
Beach
Traigh Mhor
77 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.