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Breasclete

Breasclete is a village and community on the west side of the , in the , Scotland. Breasclete is within the parish of Uig, and is situated adjacent to the A858.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Breasclet” and “Breaslet”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Callanish Stones and Ceabhaigh.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Calanais Stones are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle, located on the , Scotland. is situated 1½ miles south of Breasclete.

Island
is a small island in an arm of on the west coast of in the of . It is about 25 hectares in extent. It is not known if the island was ever permanently inhabited.

Archaeological site
Photo: Claire Pegrum, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the collapsed remains of a stone circle. It is one of many megalithic structures around the more well-known and larger on the west coast of the isle of , in the Western Isles of the , . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Breasclete.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Callanish and Garynahine.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Calanais is a village on the west side of the , in the , . Calanais is within the parish of Uig. A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch 13 miles west of Stornoway.

Village
Photo: F Leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement on , in the , Scotland. is situated at a T-junction where roads from , Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011. is within the parish of Uig. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Breasclete.

Village
Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breacleit is the central village on in the , Scotland. is within the parish of Uig. Although the village name comes from a geographical feature rather than a steading it is generally believed to be an ancient settlement. is situated 3½ miles west of Breasclete.

Breasclete

Latitude
58.22069° or 58° 13′ 15″ north
Longitude
-6.74583° or 6° 44′ 45″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB RST
Open location code
9CCM67C3+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 603892957
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2654827
Wiki­data ID
Q4959755
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Irish—“Breasclete” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Breasclete”
  • Dutch: “Breasclete”
  • French: “Breasclete”
  • German: “Breasclete”
  • Irish: “Brèascleit”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Breasclete”. Photo: Robert Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.