Luskentyre
Luskentyre is a sparse settlement on the west coast of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Luskentyre is situated within the parish of Harris. The name Luskentyre derives from Lios-cinn-tir, meaning 'headland fort', although there is no trace or local knowledge of a fort at the headland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include MacLeod’s Stone.
MacLeod’s Stone
Archaeological site
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
MacLeod’s Stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Luskentyre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borve and Ardhasaig.
Borve
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borve is a village in Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is also within the parish of Harris, and is on the A859. Borve is situated 4 miles southwest of Luskentyre.
Ardhasaig
Village
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardhasaig is a settlement on the western coast of north Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Ardhasaig is also within the parish of Harris, and is situated on the A859 which links Harris with Stornoway. Ardhasaig is situated 4½ miles northeast of Luskentyre.
Harris
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lewis and Harris are a single large island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. It's the third largest island in the British Archipelago, only Great Britain and Ireland being larger.
Luskentyre
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.88822° or 57° 53′ 18″ northLongitude
-6.94956° or 6° 56′ 58″ westElevation
420 feet (128 metres)Open location code
9C9MV3Q2+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 1783409829OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Luskentyre” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Luskentyre”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Losgaintir”
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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 “Luskentyre”. Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.