The Uig Tower, also known as Captain Fraser's Folly, is a nineteenth-century folly in Uig on the island of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a category B listed building.

Castle Ewen

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Ewen is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 1½ miles northeast of Earlish.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uig and Peinlich.

Uig

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Uig is a village in the north of Skye, with a population of 423 in 2011. "Uig" derives from Old Norse vík, a bay, and it's a port with ferries to the Outer Hebrides.

Peinlich is a hamlet on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Its main claim to fame is that its name is German for "embarrassing". See List of United Kingdom locations: Pe-Pen. Peinlich is situated 2½ miles southeast of Earlish.

Kingsburgh

Hamlet

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kingsburgh is a scattered crofting township, overlooking Loch Snizort Beag on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. Kingsburgh is situated 4 miles south of Earlish.

Earlish

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.57106° or 57° 34′ 16″ north

Longitude

-6.36361° or 6° 21′ 49″ west

Elevation

272 feet (83 metres)

Open location code

9C9MHJCP+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 546947472

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2650553

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