Loch Carloway
Loch Carloway is a bay in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch Carloway is situated nearby to the neighborhood Borrowston, as well as near the locality Baile an Teampaill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dun Carloway and Craigeam.
Dun Carloway
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Dun Carloway is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a remarkably well preserved broch – on the east side parts of the old wall still reach to 9 metres tall.
Loch Bhorgastail crannog
Archaeological site
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Loch Bhorgastail crannog is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carloway and Garenin.
Carloway
Village
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Carloway is a crofting township and a district on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The district has a population of around 500. Carloway township is within the parish of Uig, and is situated on the A858.
Garenin
Hamlet
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Garenin is a crofting township on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Garenin is in the Carloway municipality and has a population of about 80 people.
Dalmore
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dail Mòr is a hamlet situated in the Northside of Carloway, a major settlement on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. The hamlet has a beach and a cemetery.
Loch Carloway
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Loch Chàrlabhaigh”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.27682° or 58° 16′ 37″ northLongitude
-6.79811° or 6° 47′ 53″ westElevation
223 feet (68 metres)Open location code
9CCM76G2+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 709817092OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2653771
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Borrowston and Baile an Teampaill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beinn an Duin and Dun Carloway Broche Visitor Centre.
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