An Acairsaid

An Acairsaid is a bay in Western Isles, Scotland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sgeotasaigh and Stockinish Island.

Sgeotasaigh

Island

Scotasay is small island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies 1 kilometre off the east coast of Harris and gives some shelter to the ferry port of Tarbert.

Stockinish Island

Island

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stockinish Island is an uninhabited island off Harris, in the Outer Hebrides.

Eilean Glas Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: simon stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eilean Glas Lighthouse is on the east coast of the island of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was one of the original four lights commissioned by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights, and the first in the Hebrides.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tarbert and Harris.

Tarbert

Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tarbert is a village on Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With a population of 550, it's the main town and ferry terminal for Harris. It's the ideal base for touring the whole of Harris: you can also tour Lewis but that's quite a drive from here.

Harris

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lewis and Harris are a single large island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. It's the third largest island in the British Archipelago, only Great Britain and Ireland being larger.