Scarinish (Argyll and Bute)

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Black and white view of Scarinish, showing a curving, sandy bay in which an open-decked, single-masted boat and a smaller dinghy are moored. Another open decked boat lies beached in the foreground. A number of cows can be seen on the beach and there is a scattered collection of single and two-storey buildings in the background.

1898

Photograph:Erskine Beveridge
© Courtesy of RCAHMS. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk

Colour view of Scarinish from the beach on a overcast day. The remains of a wrecked ship can just be seen to the right of frame.

2010

Photograph: Robert Fraser
© Robert Fraser

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Lat:56.5021 Lon: -6.8038

Scarinish is the main village on Tiree, an island in the Inner Hebrides and part of Argyll and Bute.

It was developed in the mid-18th century by the 5th Duke of Argyll as a fishing village and the island's first harbour.

The natural sandy bay provided shelter for open, single-masted fishing boats. Larger ships would anchor offshore, with goods and passengers being transferred to the harbour on large rowing boats.

Scarinish has two piers, the older is mostly used by fishermen and the more modern serves the island's ferry.

Argyll and Bute Group

Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s 32 unitary council areas. Its administrative centre is in Lochgilphead.

It covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council and is bordered by Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire.

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