Skigersta
| Skigersta | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Sgiogarstaigh | |
 The road into Skigersta |
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 Skigersta
Skigersta shown within the Outer Hebrides |
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| Language | Scottish Gaelic |
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| English | |
| OS grid reference | NB543616 |
| Civil parish | Barvas |
| Council area | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
| Lieutenancy area | Western Isles |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF LEWIS |
| Postcode district | HS2 |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
| Scottish Parliament | Western Isles |
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Skigersta (Scottish Gaelic: Sgiogarstaigh) is a village to the south east of Ness on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Skigersta is situated within the parish of Barvas.[1] There is a quay built in 1901 and a shingle beach.[2] Skigersta was a location for fish curing in the 19th century with the ruins of the curing bothies still visible next to the river[2] and a man-made channel in the shoreline allowing easier access for the boats. The area of Skigersta near the shore is called 'Lachamore'.
A cargo ship, the Dunalistair, was wrecked off Skigersta in 1885, in fog.[3][4]
To the south of Skigersta the moor begins and the road turns into a peat track; there are sheilings on the moor at Cuisiadar and if you follow the moor further south you reach the road at New Tolsta.
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- Images taken around Skigersta, from geograph.co.uk
- Canmore - Mary: Sgiogarstaigh, Lewis, North Minch site record
- Canmore - Cellarhead: Port Sgiogarstaigh, Lewis, North Minch site record
- Canmore - Unknown: Lewis, North Minch site record
- Canmore - Lewis, Cadha site record
- Canmore - Lewis, Port Sgiogarstaigh, Pier site record
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