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then declining again to 36 in nine houses by 1891. During the 19th century the permanently resident population (see below) remained stable at about 20 in two or three families. The number fell to 17 by 1901, with the last native islanders leaving about 1910. From this point the three families of the lighthouse keepers were the only residents and the island became uninhabited with the 1980 automation of the light.
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The pier was built in the late 1930s with the approach of war, when a sophisticated radar system was installed to guard the
Western Approaches. This involved the landing of hundreds of steel girders and drums containing steel cables used to create three large radar masts, and a robust "Scots Derrick"
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or his steward is in the island, lest seeing their plenty of fish, perhaps they might take occasion to raise their rents." In the 18th century the population was over fifty, with settlement concentrated around the north east coast. The 1841 census recorded a population of 30, rising to 56 in 1881 and
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meaning "Berneray of Barra Head" and "Berneray of the Bishop" respectively. The former refers to Barra Head the southernmost promontory of the island and the latter name is a reference to the "Bishop's Isles" an alternative name for the "Barra Isles", of which archipelago
Berneray is a member. "Barra
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There are numerous prehistoric structures on the island and permanent occupation by 20–50 individuals occurred throughout the historic period, peaking in the 19th century. The economy of the residents was based on agriculture, fishing and fowling. The cliffs provide nesting sites for seabirds in such
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purchased the island in 2000 from a local crofters' syndicate called the Barra Head Isles
Sheepstock Company who had owned the island since 1955. The NTS were able to acquire it through a bequest by Miss J. M. Fawcitt "to provide an area of natural beauty in memory of her parents and the courage of
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as a "Rock
Station" early in the 20th century. Two small boats had been swamped and lost in the enormous swell by the slipway at the landing place. The regulations associated with this change prevented both alongside landings by tenders and the lighthouse men keeping dinghies onshore. The departure
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The rocky north coast has a small landing place at Leac na Fealia to the west and a small jetty at
Achduin further east. From there a track leads westward and upward across the slope of the island to the lighthouse. To the west of Achduin the land is relatively flat and low-lying, the area known as
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lighthouses. The 58-foot (18-metre) stone tower stands on the west side of the island, at the top of a very steep cliff, making the light 693 ft (211 m) above sea level, with a range of 18 nmi (33 km). There is no shallow water west of
Berneray to break the blow of the Atlantic
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In 1851 several of the island's children were described as "scholars at home" and later some youngsters attended the school on
Mingulay. The Barra School Board created a "sub-school" on Berneray but it can never have had even as many as ten children in attendance and it closed in 1887 after a few
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It was the grandest sight I ever experienced, to look out of the lighthouse on a very stormy day, and see oneself hanging, as it were, over the ocean, surrounded on three sides by a fearful chasm in which the air was so thickly crowded with birds as to produce the appearance of a heavy snowstorm,
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Far out into the
Atlantic, exposed to its fullest fury, and generally inaccessible, yet has nursed a population before, rather than behind, those of the other Hebrides. Without any advantages or other religious ordinances than are supplied by the annual visit of a priest from Barra, these very
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The seabed to the west is a continuation of the gneiss platform with a depth of between 120 and 140 metres (390 and 460 ft). The sea floor is largely devoid of sand and there is some evidence of scouring by icebergs. This rocky platform extends south of Barra Head by at least 50 km
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During the 19th century agriculture was based on crops of barley, potatoes, oats, turnips and cabbages and livestock including sheep and cattle. Ponies were kept, although their use may have been to transport materials to the lighthouse, and goats were also recorded in 1863. Berneray lacks
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On reaching
Berneray we landed and soon after betook ourselves to a hut which we found cleared for our reception. We dined on roasted mutton, wild fowls' eggs, bread, butter and whisky. The goodman of the house came home with a basketful of eggs from the rocks, and some birds he had
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Head" alone is an
English language alternative to Berneray for the island name. The Inverness-shire Ordnance Survey Name Book, volume 2, of 1876-1878, notes that "The Island of Berneray is sometimes called Barra Head but Berneray is the correct designation."
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was erected to crane them ashore. A small walled cemetery was constructed halfway between the lighthouse and the summit of Sotan for the keepers. This contains the grave of a visiting inspector and those of a number of the keepers' children. A
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have identified eighty-three archaeological sites on the island, the majority being of a pre-medieval date. There are four chambered tombs, five cists and five other sites assumed to be burial cairns, suggesting a significant settlement in the
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locals only a few had "some very lame sentences in English". She wrote approvingly that her hosts were "well-dressed, cleanly and healthy looking" and of the "delicious cream, in large clean, wooden bowls." Duncan Sinclair, the only
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the light was first exhibited on 15 October 1833. The oil-burning light was converted to incandescent in 1906 and the lighthouse was converted to automatic operation on 23 October 1980, when the last keepers were withdrawn.
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There is also the presumed site of a chapel near MacLean's Point (just east of the landing place) where an incised cross, tentatively dated to between the sixth and ninth centuries was found. Archaeological evidence of the
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whilst the cries of these myriads, mingled with the roar of the ocean and the howling of the tremendous gusts of wind coming up from below as if forced through a blast pipe, made it almost impossible to hear a person speak.
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families meant an end to regular links by sea and the regular mist and fog rendered signalling unreliable. A system of wireless communications with Castlebay on Barra was therefore proposed and installed by 1925.
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or the "Barra Giant". He was measured at 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall aged seventeen in 1866. He joined a travelling show, but disliked the publicity and returned to the islands to run a dairy in
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Referring to his own time, Martin suggested that life on "Bernera" was not unduly difficult. "It excels other islands of the same extent for cultivation and fishing. The natives never go a fishing while
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described the latter as "having a vacuity round the walls, divided in little apartments". A century later Edward MacQueen wrote that he believed it had served "as a pharos or watch tower".
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and then "Berneray" as an anglicisation. However, as is often the case with Hebridean island names, there are a number of additional complications. There are two fuller Gaelic names –
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on the island purchased a Bible and there was much bartering and bargaining with the islanders paying for their purchases in dried fish. Bird concluded that the island was:
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Buxton (1995) p. 146. Buxton places this phrase in quotations and the description presumably refers to the census of 1851, although this is not explicit in the text.
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her late brother, Bernard". In 2009 the NTS removed all the sheep from the island, citing the difficulties of maintaining the flock in such a remote location.
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in action in the Sound of Berneray 20 km (12 mi) south west of Barra in a 3.5-metre (11 ft) swell and a 30 km/h (16 kn) wind.
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action the sea channel to the east is significantly deeper than the open ocean to the west, reaching up to 365 m (1,198 ft).
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form an important breeding site for around a hundred thousand pairs of seabirds, and are especially important for the
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is scant, but boat shaped stone settings found not far from the chapel may be graves from this period of occupation.
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was largely destroyed during the construction of the lighthouse. Visiting in the late 17th century the writer
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across the Sound of Berneray, which has a strong tidal stream. The wedge-shaped island is 3 kilometres (
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interesting people thirst for education, and would make considerable sacrifices to obtain it.
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Munro (1979) p. 191 states that one of these accidents occurred "in the storms of 1877–8".
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receiving an "outrageous welcome" from the islanders, despite the fact that amongst the
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into a prototype safety boat for Barra Head also assisted the RNLI in developing the
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Smith (2004) states that the lighthouse keepers were the only residents "from 1931".
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storms and small fish are sometimes thrown onto the grass on the cliff top. In 1836
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are regularly seen by the landing cove. The island is designated as an
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Berneray was inhabited from prehistoric times until the 20th century;
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The island (along with neighbouring Mingulay) has been designated an
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Elwes, H. J. (1869) "The bird stations of the Outer Hebrides".
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The island's best known former resident is Peter Sinclair, aka
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because it supports breeding populations of several species of
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in the summer and spend the winters at his home on Berneray.
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stamps. The first class stamp shows the 17-metre (56-foot)
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Barra Head Lighthouse identifies the southern entrance to
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The derivation of the modern name is straightforward, the
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Southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland
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1991:
1938:A Description of The Western Islands of Scotland
1657:safetybarrahead.com. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
1229:"Map of Scotland in Scots – Guide and gazetteer"
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481:The lighthouse atop the cliffs of Sloc na Bèiste
1746:. news.hmmm-uk.com. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
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1737:"Royal Mail Stamps 'Mayday – Rescue at Sea' "
1429:"Seabed Conditions West of the Outer Hebrides"
534:From Rubha Cuabhaig looking towards Sgeir Mhòr
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1956:The Islands of Western Scotland.
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1912:Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004).
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1806:"Mingulay and Berneray SPA"
1693:Buxton (1995) pp. 147, 149.
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1948:. London. Heinemann.
1944:Murray, W.H. (1966)
1915:The Scottish Islands
1742:30 July 2009 at the
1708:15 July 2011 at the
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1440:Murray (1973) p. 58.
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764:Aberdeen University
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