{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Scotland | official_name = Port of Ness | gaelic_name = Port Nis | label_position = left | static_image_name = Port of Ness.png | static_image_caption = Port of Ness, the beach and the harbour basin | population = | language = Scottish Gaelic | language1 = English | os_grid_reference = NB537638 | coordinates = {{coord|58.493|-6.227|display=inline,title}} | civil_parish = Barvas | unitary_scotland = Na h-Eileanan Siar | lieutenancy_scotland = Western Isles | constituency_scottish_parliament = Na h-Eileanan an Iar | constituency_westminster = Na h-Eileanan an Iar | post_town = ISLE OF LEWIS | postcode_area = HS | postcode_district = HS2 | dial_code = 01851 810 }}
'''Port of Ness''' ({{langx|gd|Port Nis}}) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the community of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Port of Ness is within the parish of Barvas.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=129493 |num2=NB56SW 26 |desc=Lewis, Port of Ness |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref> Port of Ness is situated at the end of the A857, which runs from Stornoway.{{cn|date=May 2026}} In 2014, the Ness Fishery Memorial was erected to celebrate the fishing heritage in the area and to commemorate the 96 people who lost their lives in the industry between 1835 and 1900.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Port of Ness {{!}} Galson Estate Trust|url=https://www.galsontrust.com/port-of-ness|access-date=2021-08-25|website=galsontrust|language=en}}</ref>
== Harbour == The harbour was constructed in the early 19th century.<ref name=Canmore1>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=4432 |num2=NB56SW 16 |desc=Lewis, Port of Ness, Harbour |access-date=1 July 2025 |fewer-links=yes}}</ref> An enlargement was built in 1893, with a breakwater added the following year.<ref name=Canmore1 /> Each year men from Ness district sail from the port to Sula Sgeir in the Atlantic Ocean in order to collect young gannet for food.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/nature/the_guga_hunters_of_ness_creating_the_programme.shtml|title=The Guga Hunters of Ness: creating the programme|publisher=BBC|accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref> The event, which was first recorded in the 16th century,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2vTcDMk4SIC&q=sula+sgeir+16th+century&pg=PT130|title=The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1875-1900|isbn=9781408128664|accessdate=20 December 2014|last1=Holloway|first1=Simon|date=31 January 2010 |publisher=A&C Black }}</ref> is now licensed by the Scottish government.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carrell |first1=Severin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/aug/25/scotland-hebrides-gannet-hunt|title=Cliffhanger for a bloody tradition as last of Scotland's gannet hunters set sail |work=The Guardian|date=25 August 2010 |accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref>
== Heritage Sites == The Clach Stein standing stones are situated just to the north of the settlement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6333316|title=Clach Stein - Standing Stones in Scotland in Isle of Lewis|publisher=The Megalithic Portal|accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=4428 |num2=NB56SW 12 |desc=Lewis, Ness, Clach Stein |access-date=1 July 2025 |fewer-links=yes}}</ref> To the south is Dun Eòradail a settlement on top of a sea stack/island. Nothing is known about Dun Eòradail other than it contains the ruins of several structures. It is thought to date from the medieval period because of its similarity to other medieval settlements but no archaeological excavations have been conducted on it to confirm that.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vol 36 (2009): STAC: The Severe Terrain Archaeological Campaign - investigation of stack sites of the Isle of Lewis 2003-2005 {{!}} Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports|url=https://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/issue/view/59|access-date=2021-08-25|website=journals.socantscot.org}}</ref>
== In Literature == The boathouse at the harbour features in the Peter May novels, ''The Blackhouse'' and ''The Lewis Man''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk/see-and-do/peter-may-trilogy-port-of-ness-harbour-p543591|title=Peter May Trilogy - Port of Ness Harbour|publisher=Visit Outer Hebrides|accessdate=20 December 2014}}</ref>
== Images == <gallery> File:Port of Ness - panoramio.jpg File:Caffe in Port of Ness in summer 2012.JPG File:Port of Ness in summer 2012 (8).JPG File:Port of Ness in summer 2012 (2).JPG File:Port of Ness in summer 2012 (4).JPG File:Port of Ness in summer 2012 (9).JPG </gallery>{{Commons category|Port of Ness|position=left}} ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=220840 |num2=NB56SW 8004 |desc=Ness Trader: Port Nis, Lewis, North Minch}} *{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=251208 |num2=NB56SW 8006 |desc=J A Good: Ness Bay, Lewis, North Minch |fewer-links=yes}}
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Category:Villages in the Isle of Lewis
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