Borve Graveyard

Along with a group of pupils from Castlebay High, we planted a post and installed a time lapse camera in Borve. The camera will allow us to monitor the action of the waves on the coast and assess how they move and how much they are contributing to erosion and undermining the grave yard. The camera is set to take one picture every hour so we are looking forward to seeing the action of the waves. we had to protect the camera from the cattle that graze in this area as they will

A group of young people who live in Barra and Vatersay successfully raised funds to make a film about coastal erosion in the islands. They interviewed various members of the team about their understanding of the problem and what Muir is Tir hopes to achieve. We explored the different sites of the project with them. The sun was shining so it was perfect filming. We decided to have the section in St Brendan's Graveyard in Borve in Gaelic. This is an old site that is steeped in