Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 567287
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
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Tarbert The principal settlement of Harris straddles a narrow isthmus, across which Leverhulme dreamt of digging a canal. In the earlier 19th century it consisted of just a handful of cottages at the head of the east bay - the 1841 census records just 27. Now, in a curious move, given the amount of empty land in Harris, a development site has been created by reclaiming land at the head of the bay.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk