Uist Causeways
Bridge(S) (Period Unassigned), Causeway(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Uist Causeways
Classification Bridge(S) (Period Unassigned), Causeway(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) North Uist; Grimsay; Benbecula
Canmore ID 279080
Site Number NF85NW 43.01
NGR NF 830 568
NGR Description Centred NF 830 568
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/279080
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF85NW 43.01 centred 830 568
Not to be confused with causeway between Benbecula and South Uist (NF 8024 4775 to NF 8001 4687), for which see NF84NW 21.
Causeway [NAT] (at NF 845 592)
Causeway [NAT] (at NF 846 590)
Causeway [NAT] (at NF 848 580)
Causeway [NAT] (at NF 829 569)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.
(Location defined as NF 8241 5636 to NF 8449 5930). Uist causeways: this complex of interlinked causeways and bridges links the islands of Benbecula (to the S), Grimsay (in the centre) and North Uist (to the N), carrying the A865 public road across a wide area of intertidal sands and shallow channels. These structures form part of the A865 road improvement scheme (NF 8365 8599 to NF 8067 5501) that is detailed under NF85NW 43.00, and extend across the boundary between the parishes of North and South Uist.
The 1972 edition of the OS 1:10,000 map depicts a bridge immediately N of the S end of the major causeway, at Rubha na Laire [name: NF 830 562]; the causeway then turns sharply to the E (at NF 826 567) before another short bridge (at NF 8308 5689). This causeway ends on Eilean nan Clach Corr [name: NF 833 569], and the road passes onto Grimsay at Ardnastruban [name: NF 846 572]. Proceeding northwards, the road passes from Grimsay onto a further causeway (at NF 8482 5780), and crosses a further short bridge (at NF 8487 5806). Successive causeways lead to the islands of Eilean a' Ghiorr [name: NF 848 585] and Garbh-Eilean [name: NF 840 588] before reaching North Uist at Aird a' Mhaide [name: NF 844 592].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 February 2006.
