Gress
Gress, a hamlet on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, is adjacent to the larger village of Back. Gress is within the parish of Stornoway. Between 1919 and 1921, Gress – along with nearby Coll and Tong – was the scene of several land raids.Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Gress House” and “Gress Lodge”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Back and Coll.
Back
Village
Photo: peter knudssen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Back is a district and a village in the parish of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, situated on a coastal area known as Loch a'Tuath, or Broad Bay.
Coll
Village
Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coll is a farming settlement near Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Coll is situated on the B895, between Stornoway and New Tolsta, and is also within the parish of Stornoway. Coll is situated 2 miles west of Gress.
Gress
- Category: village
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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