Carloway
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 500 residents
- Description: village and district on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Càrlabhagh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dun Carloway and Loch Bhorgastail crannog.
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.
Craigeam
Islet
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Craigeam is an islet, which is situated 2½ miles west of Carloway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garenin and Dalmore.
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.
Shawbost
Village
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Shawbost is a large village in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis. The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around 20 miles west of Lewis's capital Stornoway. Shawbost is situated 4 miles northeast of Carloway.
Carloway
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.28276° or 58° 16′ 58″ northLongitude
-6.76849° or 6° 46′ 7″ westPopulation
500Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RLWOpen location code
9CCM76MJ+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 273493538OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Carloway” goes by many names.
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