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Photo of Howmore Chapels, a church in the South Uist Machair, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

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Howmore Chapels

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At Howmore (Tobha Mòr) on the west side of South Uist stands a cluster of ruined medieval chapels and burial grounds, parts of it thought to go back to around 1200. Freely open and a short walk from the village and its surviving thatched houses, it’s one of the more evocative early-Christian sites in the isles.

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South Uist Machair

National Scenic Area near Daliburgh

The flower-rich machair along South Uist's Atlantic edge, miles of low grassland and empty white beach, out on the far western islands

Photo of Howmore, a village in the South Uist Machair, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Howmore

Village

Traditional thatched-cottage township on South Uist's west coast, beside a cluster of ancient ruined chapels.

0.1 km W · Na h-Eileanan Siar

Photo of West Coast Beach, South Uist, a beach near Howmore, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

West Coast Beach, South Uist

Beach near Howmore

Twenty-mile run of dune-backed Atlantic beach, ranked among Lonely Planet's top beaches in Europe.

1.3 km W

Kildonan Museum

Attraction near Howmore

South Uist community museum of croft life and Hebridean history, with a cafe and craft shop.

7.9 km S

Photo of Benbecula, an island in Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Benbecula

Island near Balivanich

Flat island of lochans between the Uists, with west-coast machair beaches, the ruins of Borve Castle and the Uists' airport

10.8 km N

Photo of Borrodale Hotel, a pub near Daliburgh in the South Uist Machair, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Borrodale Hotel

Pub near Daliburgh

South Uist hotel bar and restaurant at Daliburgh serving local seafood.

15.8 km S