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Come and visit the real Western Isles community and sample the Castaway experience. The Island of Taransay, the now famous Castaway 2000 island, lies off the west coast of Harris, about 10 miles north of Leverburgh.Although the distance between Taransay and the Harris mainland is under two miles, it makes for an interseting crossing as a strong swell runs through the Sound of Taransay , not advisable with a small boat unless you get calm sea and weather conditions. The best plan for those wishing to cross over would be to charter a fishing vessel from Leverburgh. The
beautiful Island of Taransay, with its beautiful white sands and colourful
machair, has been inhabited since the Bronze Age and at one time had three
villages on Taransay Raa, Uidh and Paible , the mainstay of the island
was fishing and crofting. The last family moved of Taransay in the 1970s
as the isolation and the severity of the weather became to much for the
ageing family. The island is now owned by the MacKays of Horgabost,Harris
and is used to graze sheep, it is also home to a herd of deer. For further information on Castaway 2000 visit the BBC website |
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