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Ceann Iar
Ceann Iar in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
About
Ceann Iar is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ceann Iar (Gaelic "Western Headland") is one of the Monach Isles/Heisgeir, to the west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. It is a slender island, approximately a mile, or two kilometres long.
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Background
History
A cairn on Ceann Iar marks the grave of Lieutenant RNR MacNeill of the HMA Laurentic. The ship hit a mine in 1917, during World War I, off Northern Ireland, and his body had drifted all the way to here. Strangely, this accords with the old Hebridean tradition that the sea carries the drowned home - the Monachs are Clan MacNeil territory. The island had been settled intermittently for over a thousand years, although the main settlement was on Ceann Ear. It was resettled in the wake of the Highland Clearances, but finally abandoned in 1942.
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- Coordinates
- 57.5250, -7.6500
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ceann Iar?
- Ceann Iar is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.5250°, -7.6500°.