Western Isles (na H-Eileanan Siar)
| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amhuinnsuidhe Castle | Historic house | 1865 | Occupied | Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate | Harris | ||
| Ardvourlie Castle | Historic house | 1863 | Occupied | Private | Harris | ||
| Borve Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruined | Benbecula | |||
| Calvay Castle | Uncertain | Ruined | The local community through Stòras Uibhist | Calvay Island, Loch Boisdale, South Uist NF810126 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie hid here in June 1746, while fleeing from the Duke of Cumberland's troops after the Battle of Culloden. | ||
| Kisimul Castle | Tower house | Restored | Private; leased to Historic Scotland | Castlebay, Barra NL665979 |
Open to public | ||
| Lews Castle | Historic house | 19th century | Occupied | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | Stornoway, Lewis NB419331 |
Category A listed building | |
| Ormacleit Castle | Historic house | Early 18th century | Ruined | Burned in 1715 |
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“For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not legible, but audible. Our science has always desired to monitor, measure, abstract, and castrate meaning, forgetting that life is full of noise and that death alone is silent: work noise, noise of man, and noise of beast. Noise bought, sold, or prohibited. Nothing essential happens in the absence of noise.”
—Jacques Attali (b. 1943)
“we cast the vessel ashore
On the Gulliby Isles where the Pooh-pooh smiles,
And the Rumbletum bunders roar.”
—Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)