Archaeology - Arceòlais

Whether you’re a keen archaeologist, or just curious about how we used to live, there is a lot to discover in the Hebrides. Did you know, for example, that there are 23 Viking settlements on the machair of South Uist? That people in Great Bernera deliberately built “jelly baby” houses cunningly and thoughtfully in to the sand dunes? Or that slowly but surely the Western Isles archaeologists are getting the measure of Neolithic man?

The whole Hebridean landscape is a museum to be explored. Here is just a taster of the archaeological highlights around the islands - click on the map for a brief description of each site.