📌 Horgabost, Isle of Harris
★★★★
Àird Niosaboist is a minor headland framed by two beautiful beaches and crowned by an impressive standing stone, Clach Mhic Leòid (Macleod’s stone). This perfect little circuit explores all three, with faint paths across easy grassy ground linking them together.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on A859 at Tràigh Iar, Harris
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NG 039965
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.859725,-6.993409
🚌 Bus to Horgabost, marked on some maps as Torgabost (join route at Tràigh Niosaboist)
🚗 Layby
📝 Key info
▶ 3 km / 2 mi | ▲ 80 m | ⌛ 1 hr
Features: 🏖️ Tràigh Iar ★★★; ⛰️ Clach Mhic Leòid; 🏖️ Tràigh Niosaboist
⬤ Easy | Sandy beaches, grassy paths / tracks, some ascent.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Tràigh Iar – Clach Mhic Leòid – Tràigh Niosaboist – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Cows, sheep & lambs, oystercatchers & seagulls.
Weather: Warm and windy, unbroken sunshine.
May 2018
