Luskentyre, North Harris, Western Isles - Dixon postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Luskentyre and North Harris, Western Isles
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon (POH/85788)
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Harris (also Scottish Gaelic: Na Hearadh, pronounced [n? 'h????]) is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which is the former postal county and the current post town for Royal Mail postcodes starting HS3 or HS5. See HS postcode area. A person from Harris is known as a Hearach.

According to the 2011 Census, there are 1,212 Gaelic speakers (60%) in the Harris area.^[2]

Harris is most likely to be the island referred to as Adru (meaning thick, stout or bulky) on Ptolemy's map of the British Isles. In Old Norse, a Hérað was a type of administrative district, and the name may derive from that.^[3] An alternative origin is the Norse Hærri, meaning ""higher"" - a reference to the high hills, especially in comparison with the much flatter Lewis lying to the north.^[4] Most of the place names on Harris are Gaelicized Old Norse.

The Gaelic name ""Na Hearadh"" was also an earlier term for the Rinns of Islay.

Harris divides naturally into northern and southern parts which are separated by West and East Loch Tarbert. These halves are joined by a narrow isthmus at the main settlement of Tarbert (An Tairbeart or Tairbeart na Hearadh).

The bedrock of Harris is largely Lewisian gneisses, which were laid down in the Precambrian period, interspersed with igneous intrusions. One of these intrusions forms the summit plateau of the mountain Roinebhal. The rock here is anorthosite, and is similar in composition to rocks found in the mountains of the Moon.^[5][6]

Harris is a part of historic Inverness-shire, and was administered as such under older administrative divisions. In the 2001 census, Harris had a usually resident population of 1,984.^[1] It is part of the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.^[7]

North Harris, adjoining Lewis, contains Clisham (An Cliseam), the highest mountain in the Outer Hebrides at 799 metres (2,621 ft).^[8][9] The area is sparsely populated. Beyond Tarbert, the furthest settlement is Hushinish (Hùisinis) on the west coast. A bridge from the east coast links Harris to the island of Scalpay (Sgalpaigh na Hearadh).

In March 2003 the 62,500 acres (253 km²) North Harris Estate was purchased^[10] by the North Harris Trust, a development trust, on behalf of the local community.^[11][12] In April 2006 the Trust hosted the Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company conference ""Community Energy: Leading from the Edge""^[13] in Tarbert. In early 2008 the Trust received planning consent for three 86 metre (282 ft) wind turbines to be located at Monan.^[14] In 2008 Mike Russell, the Scottish environment minister announced that the North Harris Trust had begun canvassing local opinion about a proposal to create Scotland's third national park in the area.^[15]

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city/ region=harris

period=post-war (1945-present)

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size=continental/ modern (150x100 mm)