| Tolsta Chaolais | |
|---|---|
 Tolsta Chaolais village, across Loch a' Bhaile | |
  Tolsta Chaolais Location within theOuter Hebrides | |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic English |
| OS grid reference | NB194379 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ISLE OF LEWIS |
| Postcode district | HS2 |
| Dialling code | 01851 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
| 58°14′28″N6°46′55″W / 58.241°N 6.782°W /58.241; -6.782 | |
Tolsta Chaolais (alsoTolastadh Chaolais,Tolstadh a' Chaolais) is a village on theIsle of Lewis,Scotland. It consists of about forty houses, clustered around Loch a' Bhaile, about 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) from theA858 road betweenCallanish andCarloway. The name has aNorse element,Tolsta, combined with aGaelic element,Caolas, and means "Farm by the Strait".[1] Tolsta Chaolais is in the parish ofUig,[2] and has a building as a place of worship for all denominations.[1]
In 1979 the village was photographed byFay Godwin as part of a landscape photography project funded by theArts Council of Great Britain. One of Godwin's photographs of Tolsta Chaolais was published in her 1985 book of rural landscapes,Land.[3]
In 2013, the village was the location of much of the filming for theCBeebieschildren's television programmeKatie Morag.[4]
