IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Balla, Eriskay, ISLE OF SOUTH UIST, HS8 5JL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to HS8 5JL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (47 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Eriskay
The rough hummocky ground in the foreground is typical of the Lewisian Gneiss which makes up most of the Hebrides.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: Unknown
0.04 miles
2
Eriskay
Taken from the road on the flanks of Beinn Sciathan, overlooking the main settlement and across to Easabhal on South Uist.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 1 Jun 2004
0.04 miles
3
Eriskay: the football pitch
Pictured on a horribly wet day - not surprising that nobody is playing!
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 13 Aug 2012
0.04 miles
4
Re-used Black Houses, and New Homes
In the foreground, old black houses have been given felt and corrugated iron roofs, and are in use as stores. Behind them, there is modern housing on the hillside.
Image: © Barbara Carr
Taken: 2 Jun 2009
0.05 miles
5
Sleepy sheepy
This sunbathing sheep had been snoozing until disturbed by the photographer, though apart from raising her head she didn't seem all that bothered !
Image: © Jackie Farrow
Taken: 25 Aug 2011
0.06 miles
6
Cottage at Am Baile, Eriskay / Eirisgeigh
Am Baile seems to be the main settlement on Eriskay, it has a pub called 'Am Politician' after the S.S. Politician, an 8000 ton cargo ship carrying a vast quantity of whisky which foundered nearby the island, resulting in the famous "Whisky Galore" story: See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Politician
Image: © Rob Farrow
Taken: 25 Aug 2011
0.06 miles
7
Chicken and re-used black-house at Am Baile
Image: © Sally Allsop
Taken: 12 Aug 2009
0.08 miles
9
Eriskay after a rainshower
View from outside the pub.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 9 Apr 2012
0.08 miles
10
Cottage and sheds opposite the burial ground at Rubha Chalaidh
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 30 Jul 2012
0.08 miles