Great Bernera
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Great Bernera, often known just as Bernera, is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With an area of just over 21 square kilometres, it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish islan
Tursachan, the Callanish VIII megalithic monument on Great Bernera overlooks the bridge from Lewis.
Iron Age house in Bostadh
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White fibrous tremolite on grey muscovite from Great Bernera
Breaclete
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Breacleit is the central village on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breaclete is within the parish of Uig. Although the village name comes from a geographical feature rather than a stea
Great Bernera
…is linked to it by a road bridge. Built in 1953, the bridge was the first pre-stressed concrete bridge in Europe. The main settlement on the island is Breaclete (Gaelic: Breacleit). The island's name is Norse in origin and is derived in honour of Bjarnar, father of the Norse Chieftain of Lewis Ketil Bjarnarson…
Breacleit on Great Bernera