Loch Erisort

Loch Erisort

Loch Erisort (Scottish Gaelic: "Èireasort") is an 8-mile-long narrow sea inlet on the east coast of the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland.

Its name is a relic of the Viking period and came from Old Norse "Eiríksfjorðr" = "Eric's fjord".

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