SCARP, an isle, in the parish of Harris, district of
Lewis, countyof Inverness; containing r29 inhabitants.
This is a high conical rocky isle, consisting of a solid
mountain, the diameter of which is about three miles.
It lies on the western side of Harris, at the entrance of
Loch Resort, and is separated from the main land of the
parish bv a narrow sound to which it gives name, somewhat
less than a mile broad at high water.