the good news is it's 5 miles long so you don't have to stay long. The biggest (and it's OK) hotel on the islands is the Dark Island Hotel is at Liniclate; and there's a good restaurant called the Stepping Stones at Balivanich ... In 1919 William Leverhulme purchased the South Harris estate from the Earl of Dunmore for the sum of ?36000. He planned to turn it into a fishing centre and, with this in mind, he purchased what was to be his first shop in a chain of fish shops ...
The townships of Liniclate and Balgarva are much as they were in the beginning of the century, numbering 41 at present, as compared with 44 in 1810; Balvannich and Dungannich numbering 31 against 32 in 1810. ...
One such story tells of a flagstone named Leac na Gruagaich ('The Flagstone of the Gruagach') at Liniclate in Benbecula. An offering of milk was poured into the hollow of the flagstone ? a practice that was carried out throughout the ...
