Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Taransay like this:
Taransay, an island of Harris parish, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, off the entrance of West Loch Tarbert, 1¼ mile W of Harris mainland, and 3½ miles NE of Toe Head, at the N side of the W entrance of the Sound of Harris. It measures 4½ miles in length from NE to SW, and 3 miles in extreme breadth; comprises two peninsulated hills, 750 feet high, and a connecting narrow sandy isthmus; consists mainly of gneiss rock, traversed by veins of granite, and very scantily covered with soil; and affords to its inhabitants little means of support except facilities for fishing. ...
Pop. (1861) 55, (1871) 68, (1881) 55.
Taransay is now part of NA H EILEANAN AN IAR Council. Click here for graphs and data of how NA H EILEANAN AN IAR has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Taransay itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Taransay, in Na H Eileanan An Iar and Inverness Shire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22423
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Taransay".
