A man from Point has died in hospital after apparently losing his footing and
Coast rescue team at work in ravine off Swordale on Monday . Pic: RNLI Stornoway
plunging about 70ft into a shoreline ravine near his home village while looking for a missing ram.
Donald Macdonald, 48, from Swordale, was found seriously hurt in a ravine on the shoreline by the coastguard rescue helicopter.
He was being treated for suspected head and spinal injuries at Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway but died later. He leaves his mother and two brothers.
Extremely sad,and brings into stark focus the commitment islanders put into the well being of their flock above their own