Carinish
Carinish, is a hamlet on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is in the south of the island, about two miles from the causeway to Benbecula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Teampull na Trionoid and Carinish School.
Teampull na Trionoid
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Teampull na Trionaid is a ruined 13th-century Augustinian nunnery, believed to have been a daughter foundation of Iona Nunnery, at Carinish, on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Carinish School
School building
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carinish School is a school building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baile Glas and Uachdar.
Baile Glas
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baile Glas or Ballaglasa is a settlement on Grimsay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Ballaglasa is within the parish of North Uist. Baile Glas is situated 2½ miles southeast of Carinish.
Uachdar
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uachdar is a settlement on the Outer Hebridean Island of Benbecula. Uachdar is within the parish of South Uist. The settlement is home to the only bakery on Benbecula, MacLeans Hebridean Bakery, which also has a small shop in the same complex as the bakery itself. Uachdar is situated 3 miles south of Carinish.
Locheport
Village
Photo: Chris McLean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Locheport is a village, which is situated 3 miles northeast of Carinish.
Carinish
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.51953° or 57° 31′ 10″ northLongitude
-7.31467° or 7° 18′ 53″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C9JGM9P+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2581720275OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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