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  • Comment: An interesting article, I hope it can get accepted. However under WP:NPLACE we need some evidence of legal recognition, and a privately run database reference isn't usually sufficient. Now if the mill is somehow protected (it wasn't clear to me) then there is another option, namely WP:NHERITAGE; alternatively if there is more than one reliable source it may be OK under normal GNG. By all means ping me with any queries. ChrysGalley (talk) 18:45, 10 November 2026 (UTC)


Geocrab
Geocrab is located in Harris
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Geocrab
Geocrab
Geocrab is located in Outer Hebrides
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Geocrab
Geocrab
Location within the Outer Hebrides
LanguageScottish Gaelic
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OS grid referenceNG120910
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF HARRIS
Postcode districtHS3
Dialling code01859
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57°48′22″N 6°52′01″W / 57.806°N 6.867°W / 57.806; -6.867

Geocrab (Scottish Gaelic: Geòcrab) is a township (crofting settlement)[1] on the east coast of Harris[2][3] (an area known as “the bays” - Scottish Gaelic: Na Bàigh)[4] in the Outer Hebrides. The settlement is recorded on Ordnance Survey mapping and includes the site of a machine weaving mill constructed in 1923 (currently a salmon hatchery), which is indexed in the local council's Historic Environment Record along with a small aqueduct.[5][6] The cast-iron pipe aqueduct runs from Loch an Eilein down to the water mill, crossing a small stream on elevated rubble stacks.[7] At one point there was also a school in the village.[8] It is located along the C79, and is situated at the end of Loch Geocrab which extends from the village to the headland (Àird Mhòr). Loch Geocrab is a sea loch approximately 1.5km long.[9] The area includes many cairns, specifically cùirn cuimhne (“memory cairns”), as Geocrab is situated along the Harris rathadan-ciste (“coffin road”), a path from remote settlements to a churchyard along which coffins would be carried in a procession. Cairns would be built or added to in memory of the deceased. These paths were mostly used from the medieval era up until the 19th century.[10] The settlement is recorded as having thirty-three roofed buildings in 1881 (including the school), two partially roofed buildings, three unroofed buildings, thirteen enclosures and parts of a head-dyke.[11] There is also a possible second mill further north.[12]

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  1. ↑ "2291 - GEOCRAB, HARRIS - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) Historic Environment Record". her.cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2026. Retrieved 11 November 2026.
  2. ↑ "Geocrab from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 10 November 2026.
  3. ↑ "36843: Geocrab, Harris – Hebridean Connections". hebrideanconnections.com. Retrieved 11 November 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Bays from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 10 November 2026.
  5. ↑ "Geocrab Mill, Harris (MWE10693)". Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Historic Environment Record. Archived from the original on 5 March 2026. Retrieved 10 November 2026.
  6. ↑ "Harris, Geocrab Mill, Pipe Acqueduct". trove.scot Part of Historic Environment Scotland.
  7. ↑ "13215 - HARRIS, GEOCRAB MILL, PIPE ACQUEDUCT - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) Historic Environment Record". her.cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2026. Retrieved 11 November 2026.
  8. ↑ "68700 - SCHOOL - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) Historic Environment Record". her.cne-siar.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2026. Retrieved 11 November 2026.
  9. ↑ "Loch Geocrab from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 10 November 2026.
  10. ↑ Rafferty, Ciara (30 October 2026). "The Long Farewell: Unearthing Scotland's Coffin Roads". Historic Environment Scotland Blog. Retrieved 10 November 2026.
  11. ↑ "Inverness-shire (Hebrides), Sheet XVIII". National Library of Scotland.
  12. ↑ "Monument record 2481 - ALLT GARBH, HARRIS". Western Isles Historic Environment Record - Clàr Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil nan Eilean Siar. Retrieved 12 November 2026.

Category:Villages in Harris, Outer Hebrides

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