Meanais

Meanais is a peninsula in Western Isles, Scotland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wiay and Rueval.

Wiay

Island

Wiay is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides. It lies south-east of Benbecula and measures approximately 375 hectares. The island is very flat with fertile ground and sandy beaches to the west whilst the east is predominantly peat moorland with a rocky coastline incorporating many small islands and inlets.

Rueval

Peak

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rueval is a peak.

Eilean na Cille

Islet

Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eilean na Cille, south east of Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides connected to Grimsay by a causeway which carries the B891. The road was built to service the pier at Peter's Port, which was constructed in 1896 at cost of £2,000 – although the anchorage is awkward and should not be used without local knowledge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benbecula and Uachdar.

Benbecula

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Benbecula is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population of 1300 in 2021. The name is a medieval mispronunciation: "pen" meaning flat land turned into "ben" for mountain, which it doesn't have.

Uachdar

Village

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Uachdar is a settlement on the Outer Hebridean Island of Benbecula. Uachdar is within the parish of South Uist. The settlement is home to the only bakery on Benbecula, MacLeans Hebridean Bakery, which also has a small shop in the same complex as the bakery itself.