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Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
This freshwater loch in the north of the island is an SSSI with over 200 species of flowering plant.
Loch Druidibeag is a freshwater loch situated on the island of South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The loch is near the northern end of the island, to the north-east of Howmore and to the east of the A865 road and south of the B890.
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Moire ro Naomh nan Eilean
A 30-foot white granite statue of the Madonna and child by Hew Lorimer erected in 1957 on the slopes of Ruabhal. It's reached by a tarmac track from the main road. The Madonna looks like a typical local woman, and faces the Protestant northern islands, as a hint that you're entering the Catholic south. But her gaze was more directed at the nearby military facilities, which during the Cold War were intended to expand over South Uist and turn it into a vast missile base.
Fragmentary ruins of a mansion house from 1707, destroyed by fire in 1715 on the same day that its owner, the chief of Clan Ranald, perished in the Jacobite cause at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. His successors moved to Nunton on Benbecula and abandoned this site.
Dun Mhulan
An Iron Age broch and settlement, with a Pictish house added within. The site is suffering sea erosion but has been protected by a wall.
Small museum with a good display of local history, crafts, and a decent cafe.
A course designed by Old Tom Morris in 1891, and restored in 2008. White tees 6074 yards, par 72, visitor round £60.