Old Photograph Cottage Benbecula Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage and Post Office on Benbecula, Scotland. An island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean. The island lies between the islands of North Uist and South Uist, to which it is connected by road causeways. The well-known tune The Dark Island was written by accordionist Iain MacLachlan from Benbecula. Travel to any of the other Hebridean islands, or to the British mainland, is by air or sea. Benbecula Airport on the island has daily flights to Glasgow, Stornoway and Barra.


Dark Island being sung at a Folk Night in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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