Polglass

Polglass is a long crofting township, lying on the north shore of the sea loch, in Ross-shire, and is in the council area of Highland.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Am Poll Glas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loch Vatachan.

Lake
or more correctly in Gaelic Loch Bhatachan is a freshwater loch in Wester Ross, , just over a kilometre north of . The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic bhàthaichean, meaning "of the byre" i.e. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Polglass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achiltibuie and Achduart.

is a community straggling along the west coast of , north of Ullapool in the . As well as the village, the name applies to all the coast between Achduart and Reiff, taking in the hamlets of Polglass, Polbain and Altandhu.

Hamlet
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coastal hamlet in , Wester Ross in northwestern , now within the council area. It is situated about 4 km southeast of the village of , at the end of a minor road. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Polglass.

Village
Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a remote crofting township, located on the north on the west coast of Scotland, in western Ross-shire, and is in the council area of Highland. is situated 3 miles northwest of Polglass.

Polglass

Latitude
58.01118° or 58° 0′ 40″ north
Longitude
-5.33053° or 5° 19′ 50″ west
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
Open location code
9CCP2M69+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1954974929
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640172
Wiki­data ID
Q2908372
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Polglass” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Polglass”
  • Breton: “Am Poll Glas”
  • Cornish: “Am Poll Glas”
  • Dutch: “Polglass”
  • Irish: “Am Poll Glas”
  • Manx: “Am Poll Glas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Am Poll Glas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Polglass”
  • Welsh: “Am Poll Glas”
  • Welsh: “Polglass”
  • “Am Poll Glas”
  • “Polglass”
  • “Polglass - Am Poll Glas”

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