Shulishader Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Shulishader
Gaelic Name:Siadar an Rubha
Label Position:left
Static Image Name:Sulaisiadar - geograph.org.uk - 495306.jpg
Static Image Caption:A view of Shulishader, looking north-west over Broad Bay towards another part of Lewis
Language:Scottish Gaelic
Language1:English
Os Grid Reference:NB535351
Coordinates:58.236°N -6.199°W
Civil Parish:Stornoway
Unitary Scotland:Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy Scotland:Western Isles
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Constituency Westminster:Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Post Town:ISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode Area:HS
Postcode District:HS2
Dial Code:01851

Shulishader is a small village with a population of around 120 people in Point, Outer Hebrides on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Located on the north-western side of the Eye Peninsula, it overlooks Broad Bay. Most of the village is over 60m above sea level, affording excellent views across the bay and northern Lewis, though the land falls gently towards the sea before ending in small cliffs. There are several small, difficult to access, sandy beaches, and a small cove on the coastline. The cove is accessible via 88 dilapidated steps, and contains a pebble peach, some natural caves and a concrete structure once used for boat moorings above the high tide line.

The village is essentially a dormitory village, and there are no amenities within the village, not even a church, which is unusual for a Lewis village. An hourly bus service passes through from Portnaguran to Stornoway and in the opposite direction, though services are less frequent in the evening.

The village is surrounded by common grazing land and moorland which is worked to provide peat as fuel, but this is a declining activity. Vodafone erected a mobile phone mast on the moor, a short distance east of the centre of the village.

A Stone Age axe was discovered in Shulishader in 1982,[1] which was radiocarbon dated to 3495–2910BC and is virtually complete with the axehead and original wooden haft.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Family discovers Stone Age axe while cutting peats. Google News, Glasgow Herald. 19 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Record. National Museums Scotland. 19 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Lewis, Shulishader. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 19 December 2014.