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Carnan

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Carnan tops out at 273 m in Na h-Eileanan Siar. It is one of the 1,546 Marilyns — British hills with at least 150 m of drop on every side. It is one of 77 hills the Albion Guide charts in Na h-Eileanan Siar. For more of the same, Sron an Duin and An Tobha are close by.

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

Vatersay

Island near Castlebay

Causeway island south of Barra with white beaches back to back across a neck of dunes, and the Annie Jane wreck memorial

12.8 km NE

Photo of Vatersay West Beach (Traigh Siar), a beach in Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Vatersay West Beach (Traigh Siar)

Beach near Vatersay

Atlantic-facing white beach back-to-back with Vatersay Bay across a narrow machair neck.

15 km NE

Photo of Vatersay Beach (Traigh a' Bhaigh), a beach in Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Vatersay Beach (Traigh a' Bhaigh)

Beach near Vatersay

Curving white-sand bay on Vatersay with views to Heaval and Castlebay.

15.4 km NE

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Isle of Barra

Island near Northbay

Kisimul Castle in Castlebay's harbour, planes landing on a cockle beach, and a single road looping past machair and white sand

16.9 km N

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Castlebay

Village

Barra's main village, wrapped round a bay with Kisimul Castle sitting on an islet offshore.

19.1 km NE · Na h-Eileanan Siar

Photo of Halaman Bay, a beach near Castlebay, Na h-Eileanan Siar, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Halaman Bay

Beach near Castlebay

Wide surf-washed west-coast Barra beach (Tangasdale) below the Isle of Barra Beach Hotel.

19.9 km NE