Rudha an Iaras Natural Arch [Lewis]

Ross & Cromarty.

Natural arch through Rudha an Iaras.

Alternative Names: Southwest Point Natural Arch

Notes: Rudha an Iaras is also called Southwest Point. [ScotlandsPlaces]

Iaras is assumed to be a contraction of iar-dheas meaning southwest.

Links and Resources:

OS 10k background mapping.
6" OS map, Ross-shire (Island of Lewis), Sheet 28, 1849. maps.nls.uk/view/74428285. The 1849 map shows more detail than others and identifies the point between Geodha Beag an Teampuill (the little cove of the Temple) and Toll an Iaras (Southwest Hole) as Rudha an Iaras.

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