Baleshare
Sign in to savethumb|left|The only telephone box on Baleshare Baleshare () is a flat tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Baleshare lies to the south-west of North Uist. Its economics and community were boosted by the building of a causeway in 1962. The causeway was built by William Tawse Ltd. The island is extremely flat by Hebridean standards, rising to only above sea level and known for its long sandy beach. The two main settlements on the island are Samhla in the east and Teananachar to the west.
Key facts
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.caption
- Baleshare shown within the Outer Hebrides
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NF788619
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Am Baile Sear
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Scottish Gaelic for 'east town'.
- Scottish island.area rank
- 54
- Scottish island.Population
- 53
- Scottish island.population density
- 5.8 people/km2
- Scottish island.population rank
- 54
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Samhla
- Scottish island.island group
- Uists and Barra
- Scottish island.local authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
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5 sectionsContents
- Place names and locations
- Archaeology
- Notable people from Baleshare
- References
- External links
thumb|left|The only telephone box on Baleshare Baleshare () is a flat tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Baleshare lies to the south-west of North Uist. Its economics and community were boosted by the building of a causeway in 1962. The causeway was built by William Tawse Ltd. The island is extremely flat by Hebridean standards, rising to only above sea level and known for its long sandy beach. The two main settlements on the island are Samhla in the east and Teananachar to the west.
== Place names and locations == The name means "east farm" or "east town". The "west town" may have been on land that was said to exist to the west of Baleshare, washed away in the sixteenth century, over which it was possible to walk to the Monach Islands at low tide. The Monachs are some to the west. Another story suggests there was once a land bridge to Kirkibost, to the north. The basis for this seems to be a reference in the Exchequer Rolls for 1542 that the valued rental had been decreased due to encroachment by the sea at some unspecified (presumably recent) date.