Outer Hebrides and Skye
The Outer Hebrides, from the Norse word Harbredey meaning the isles at the edge of the sea, also known as the Western Isles have been inhabited for more than 6000 years. The isles include Harris and Lewis the largest island in Scotland and the third largest in the British Isles.
The Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills.
Read MoreThe Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides. The island's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills.
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Coilleag a' Phrionnsa - Eriksay - Outer Hebrides
The white sandy beach named Coilleag a' Phrionnsa , translates as "the Prince's cockleshell strand" and is on Eriskay's west coast where the exiled Bonnie Prince Charlie first set foot on Scottish soil, when he was landed there by the French frigate Doutelle on 23 July 1745 to begin his great adventure. Charles met with Alexander Macdonald of Boisdale who urged him to go home. Charles is reported to have said "I am come home sir". He then sailed for the Scottish mainland to raise his standard at Glenfinnan before his defeat at Culloden near Inverness.
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