Friesland

Friesland is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Friesland is situated nearby to the hamlet Acha, as well as near Uig.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dùn an Achaidh and Coll Airport.

Dùn an Achaidh

Archaeological site

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Dùn an Achaidh, sometimes Anglicised as Dun Acha, is a dun located near the village of Acha on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. It is considered the best preserved dun on the island.

Coll Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coll Island Airport is located 6 miles west–southwest of Arinagour on the island of Coll in the Inner Hebrides. Coll Airport is situated 1½ miles northwest of Friesland.

Dùn Anlaimh

Archaeological site

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Dùn Anlaimh, also known as Dùn Amhlaidh, and Eilean nan Cinneachan, is a crannog, located within Loch nan Cinneachan on the Inner Hebridean island of Coll. Dùn Anlaimh is situated 2 miles north of Friesland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acha and Coll.

Acha

Hamlet

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Acha is a small hamlet on the Scottish island of Coll.

Coll

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coll is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It's about 12 miles long by 3 miles wide and in 2011 had a population of 195, mostly in the ferry port of Arinagour.

Arinagour

Village

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Arinagour is a village on the island of Coll, in the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It is the main settlement on the island, and the location of the island's ferry terminal. It has a population of around 50. Arinagour is situated 3 miles northeast of Friesland.

Friesland

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Frisland”
Category: locality
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.59178° or 56° 35′ 30″ north

Longitude

-6.57934° or 6° 34′ 46″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

9C8MHCRC+P7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 613270321

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2649054

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