Barra Heritage Centre

Small castle, reached by a 5-min boat ride from Castlebay, weather permitting. Built in the late 15th century and showing its age, and closed for restoration. During the closure there are boat trips round the castle island Apr-Sep, and a "visitor engagement centre" in Castlebay Community Hall. Wisely, the Clan Chief lives in Edinburgh.

Nine-hole course, the most westerly golf course in Scotland. Beware of the bull. Golf clubs are available for hire at Bùth Bharraigh (£5/set) and green fees are payable at the honesty box at the Golf Course.

Three or four chapels are here, notably the 16th-century burial chapel, restored in the 1970s. This contains a replica of a stone with Viking runes and Celtic design, commemorating the Christian burial of the Viking princess Thorgeth, Steinar's daughter. The original stone is in the National Museum in Edinburgh. The "main" chapel adjacent is now a ruin, the third chapel is a scrappy ruin, and the fourth has been obliterated. In the graveyard under a simple cross lies Sir Compton MacKenzie (1883-1972), whose best-loved work Whisky Galore! was inspired by the running aground of the whisky-laden ship SS Politician off nearby Eriskay in 1941.