Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Tarbert, Scottish Gaelic: An Tairbeart on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Island of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. Tarbert is the main port and capital village of Harris. Tarbert is a fairly common name across Scotland and, here as elsewhere, it comes from the Norse tairbeart meaning draw boat. Tarbert lies on the shores of Loch Tarbert, and South Harris avoids becoming an island by just a few hundred yards of land over which the Vikings would drag their longboats into West Loch to avoid sailing around via the Sound of Harris. Tarbert was founded as a fishing settlement from 1779. From 1840 a new pier in Loch Tarbert was the destination of weekly mail steamers from Uig in Skye. By 1894 Tarbert was the main settlement on Harris. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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