KIRKIBBOST, an isle, in the parish of North-Uist,
county of Inverness; containing 25 inhabitants. This
isle lies on the south of Uist, and west of the island of
Balishear; and is about a mile in length, but of no great
breadth, and insulated only at high water. It is composed
of fine sand; and being exposed to the westerly
gales, a large tract has been blown away, and the sea
now covers fields which produced good crops of barley
and other grain. The suppression of sand-drift has,
however, been effectually secured here, as in other parts
of the parish, by sloping the sand-banks, and covering
them with sward from neighbouring places; and bent is
also employed for this purpose.