Breaclete
Breacleit is the central village on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breaclete 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Bernera and Callanish VIII.
Great Bernera
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Great Bernera is an island in the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland. It lies just off the northwest coast of Lewis and is connected by a bridge.
Callanish VIII
Archaeological site
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The Callanish VIII stone setting is one of many megalithic structures around the better-known Calanais I on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Callanish VIII is situated 1½ miles south of Breaclete.
Fuaigh Mòr
Island
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Fuaigh Mòr is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is off the west coast of Lewis near Great Bernera in Loch Ròg. It is 84 hectares and 67 metres at its highest point. Fuaigh Mòr is situated 2 miles southwest of Breaclete.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kneep and Callanish.
Kneep
Village
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Kneep is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Kneep is within the parish of Uig. Various archaeological discoveries have been made at Kneep, including a Viking cemetery and a number of Viking burials, as well as a cist. Kneep is situated 4 miles west of Breaclete.
Callanish
Village
Calanais is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. 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. Callanish is situated 4 miles southeast of Breaclete.
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. Carloway is situated 4½ miles northeast of Breaclete.
Breaclete
- 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
58.22763° or 58° 13′ 40″ northLongitude
-6.8402° or 6° 50′ 25″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9CCM65H5+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 5276405322OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Manx—“Breaclete” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Breaclete”
- Dutch: “Breaicleit”
- Dutch: “Brèaicleit”
- French: “Breaclete”
- Irish: “Breacleit”
- Manx: “Breacleit”
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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 “Breaclete”. Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.