Caolas

Caolas
Scottish Gaelic: An Caolas
Road and house at Caolas
Caolas  Caolas shown within the Outer Hebrides
Language	Scottish Gaelic
	English
OS grid reference	NL629973
Civil parish	Barra
Council area	Na h-Eileanan Siar
Lieutenancy area	Western Isles
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF BARRA
Postcode district	HS9
Dialling code	01871
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish Parliament	Western Isles
List of places UK Scotland

Coordinates: 56°56′38″N 7°32′38″W / 56.944°N 7.544°W / 56.944; -7.544

Caolas (Scottish Gaelic: An Caolas), is a small settlement on the island of Vatersay, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of Barra.^[1] It is the westernmost settlement in Scotland. Previously, the village on Hirta claimed this "crown". Hirta was also the most western settlement in the United Kingdom, which is now Belleek, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Caolas is a word meaning "straits" and frequently rendered as "kyles" in English.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caolas, Vatersay.

• Canmore - Vatersay, Caolas site record
• Canmore - Vatersay, Dun A' Chaolais site record
• Canmore - Vn25 North Vatersay site record