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Luskentyre
Location within the Outer Hebrides
Language Scottish Gaelic
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OS grid reference NG070989
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ISLE OF HARRIS
Postcode district HS5
Dialling code 01859
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57°53′02″N6°56′38″W / 57.884°N 6.944°W / 57.884; -6.944

Luskentyre (Scottish Gaelic : Losgaintir) is a sparse settlement on the west coast of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Luskentyre is situated within the parish of Harris. [1] The name Luskentyre derives from Lios-cinn-tir, meaning 'headland fort', although there is no trace or local knowledge of a fort at the headland. [2] However, the headland contains the site of an old part of Luskentyre Cemetery. [3] Luskentyre Beach has been voted Britain's best beach. [4] Luskentyre is accessible from the A859, via a minor road. [5]

Wildlife in the area includes the common scoter, the velvet scoter, the eider duck, the wigeon, the long-tailed duck, the red-breasted merganser, the great northern diver and the Slavonian grebe. [5]

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References

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  2. "Harris, Luskentyre". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland . Retrieved 22 December 2014.
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