Tigharry
Tigharry is a small village on the west of North Uist. It is mostly a farming community. There are a few rocky beaches and one point of interest is Kettle's Cave.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Taigh a‘ Ghearraidh” and “Tighary”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist and RRH Benbecula.
Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist
Ruins
Photo: Lobster1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist is a ruins.
RRH Benbecula
Military installation
Photo: Glenryanbri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Remote Radar Head Benbecula or RRH Benbecula, is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. It is located at Cleitreabhal a'Deas, 17 kilometres from Lochmaddy on the isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. RRH Benbecula is situated 2 miles east of Tigharry.
Scolpaig Tower
Tower
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scolpaig Tower is a Georgian folly located near the village of Scolpaig on the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name probably derives from the Old Norse scolpvik, or 'Scolp Bay'. Scolpaig Tower is situated 2 miles northeast of Tigharry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malaclete and North Uist.
Malaclete
Hamlet
Photo: Dannie Calder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Malaclete is a hamlet, which is situated 5 miles east of Tigharry.
North Uist
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures 20 miles north-south, 25 miles east-west, and is separated from Benbecula to the south by a tidal ford, nowadays bridged by a causeway.
Tigharry
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.61718° or 57° 37′ 2″ northLongitude
-7.50476° or 7° 30′ 17″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9C9JJF8W+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 5138631843OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Tigharry” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tigharry”
- Dutch: “Tigharry”
- French: “Tigharry”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tigharry”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.