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Check out Scarinish Page 2 for more photographs	Remains of the Mary Stewart - April 2005	Scarinish Hotel - April 2005
Nearby Places: Gott Bay Pier / Ferry	Scarinish, Isle of Tiree - April 2005	Fishing boat, Scarinish - April 2005
	An Iodhlann, Historical Centre - April 2005	Cottages, Scarinish - April 2005
	Fishing off Scarinish - August 2006	Sea Tour returns - August 2006
	Scarinish across Gott Bay - April 2005	Leaving Scarinish Old Harbour - August 2005

Scarinish (Gaelic Sgairinis) is the main township on the Isle of Tiree. Here you will find the post office, a supermarket, butcher's shop, police station, museum and the Scarinish Hotel offering Tiree accommodation overlooking the old harbour above. This harbour was built in 1771 and until the 1960's the ferry from mainland Scotland operated from here. Now several fishing boats and tourist sea trips use it. The Scarinish Hotel opened in 1801 and the post office in 1803. On an 1882 Ordnance Survey map both are clearly shown, the hotel quaintly marked as 'Temperance Hotel' - a reminder that for many years Tiree was 'dry' ie. no alcohol was sold on the island.

An Iodhlann (Gaelic for stackyard) is the community archive and museum for Tiree, this was originally built as a ferry passenger shelter. Here they have collected 1000s of relevant historical items and is a 'must visit' for any island tourist.

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