Tarbert, Inverness-shire

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Tarbert
Gaelic: An Tairbeart
Inverness-shire
The MV Hebrides at Tarbert pier (geograph 2493392).jpg
The MV Hebrides at Tarbert pier
Location
Island: Harris
Grid reference: NG154999
Location: 57°53’56"N, 6°48’29"W
Data
Post town: Isle of Harris
Postcode: HS3
Dialling code: 01851
Local Government
Council: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Parliamentary
constituency:
Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Tarbert is the main community on Harris in Inverness-shire. The name means "isthmus", "crossing point" or "portage", in Gaelic.[1] Tarbert has a car ferry terminal, which operates to Uig on Skye.[2] Tarbert's Church of Scotland parish church was built in 1862, and is within the parish of Harris.[3] Tarbert also has a Free Presbyterian church.[4]

References

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