Hushinish
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| Hushinish Gaelic: Hùisinis | |
| Inverness-shire | |
|---|---|
 Hushinish slipway with view of Scarp | |
| Location | |
| Island: | Harris |
| Grid reference: | NA990119 |
| Location: | 57°59’42"N, 7°5’37"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Isle of Harris |
| Postcode: | HS3 |
| Dialling code: | 01851 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Western Isles |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Hushinish is a remote place on the west coast of Harris in Inverness-shire. It lies at the end of a 12-mile-long single-track B road. The settlement is of only four houses overlooking a white sandy beach with views to the Atlantic. Nearby, and to the north, lies the uninhabited island of Scarp, the location of an experimental rocket postal service in the 1930s.
The name Hushinish is derived from Old Norse and means "house headland".[1]
Notes
- ↑ Iain Mac an Tàilleir (2003). "Placenames" (pdf). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Gaelic/placenamesF-J.pdf. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
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