Scarp, Scotland
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Scarp is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, west of Hushinish on Harris. Once inhabited, the island was the scene of unsuccessful experiments with rocket mail, since commemorated
North coast of Scarp with view to the west
Looking across to Scarp from the Hushinish slipway
Handa Island
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Handa Island or usually Handa, is an island in Eddrachillis Bay off the west coast of Sutherland, Scotland. It is 309 hectares and 123 metres at its highest point.
Scarp, Scotland
…relying on potatoes, cabbages, oats, turnips, milk, fish, and some lobster fishing. Scarp was one of several Scottish islands, including St Kilda and Handa, where all the men of the island would gather every morning in a so-called "parliament", to agree the work to be done on that day. Such meetings would…
The Great Stac of Handa
Stacan Geodh Bhrisidh
Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) at Handa Island
Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Handa Island