Àirigh Ghlas

No. 195 of 868 in South Lewis, Harris and North Uist, No. 118 for history. History, 13.9 km from Miavaig.

The remains of a shieling, a summer hut once used by herders grazing livestock on upland pasture.Written by Claude from the facts on this page (describe-v1, 2026-11-01).

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Why it ranks here

Score 0.59 for any trip, from the same formula as every place.

Interests: History and heritage
visit: 100% (weight 0.15)
Detail in OpenStreetMap: no (weight 0.15)
Has a website: no (weight 0.1)
Heritage listing: no (weight 0.15)
Wikipedia and Wikimedia pages: no (weight 0.25)

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