Back An Tairbeart Breton Tarbert, Harris CEB An Tairbeart Welsh Tarbert (Harris) German Tarbert (Harris) Spanish Tarbert (Harris) Basque تاربرت، هریس Persian Tarbert Finnish Tairbeart (Na Hearadh) Irish Tairbeart na Hearadh Scots/Gaelic
Tarbert
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.jpg) The MV Hebrides at Tarbert pier | |
  Tarbert Location within the Outer Hebrides | |
| Population | 503 (1981) |
| Demonym | Tairbeartach |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | NG154999 |
| • Edinburgh | 191 mi (307 km) |
| • London | 515 mi (829 km) |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF HARRIS |
| Postcode district | HS3 |
| Dialling code | 01859 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Tarbert (Scottish Gaelic: An Tairbeart [ən̪ˠ ˈt̪ɛrʲɛbərˠʃt̪]) is the main community on Harris in the Western Isles of Scotland. The name means "isthmus", "crossing point" or "portage", in Gaelic.[1][2] The isthmus, between the sea lochs West Loch Tarbert and East Loch Tarbert, joins south Harris to north Harris and Lewis. In 1981 it had a population of 503.[3]
Tarbert's Church of Scotland parish church was built in 1862, and is within the parish of Harris.[4] Tarbert also has a Free Presbyterian church.[5] The Very Rev Mackintosh MacKay was minister of the latter in the 1860s.
- ^ "Gaelic". North Harris Trust. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Placenames P-Z" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Tarbert Details". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Harris, Tarbert, Parish Church". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Harris, Tarbert, Free Presbyterian Church". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 18 December 2014.