Hosta

Hosta is a hamlet in Western Isles, Scotland. Hosta is situated nearby to the hamlet Baleloch, as well as near Balmartin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include RRH Benbecula and Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist.

RRH Benbecula

Military installation

Photo: Glenryanbri, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Remote Radar Head Benbecula or RRH Benbecula, is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. Despite its name, it is not located on the nearby island of Benbecula; instead it is located on South Clettraval on the isle of North Uist, 11 miles from Lochmaddy in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. RRH Benbecula is situated 1½ miles east of Hosta.

Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist

Ruins

Photo: Lobster1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kilmuir Old Church, Hougharry, North Uist is a ruins, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Hosta.

Scolpaig Tower

Tower

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scolpaig Tower is a Georgian folly located near the village of Scolpaig on the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name probably derives from the Old Norse scolpvik, or 'Scolp Bay'. Scolpaig Tower is situated 1½ miles north of Hosta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tigharry and Malaclete.

Tigharry

Village

Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tigharry is a small village on the west of North Uist. It is mostly a farming community. There are a few rocky beaches and one point of interest is Kettle's Cave.

Malaclete

Hamlet

Photo: Dannie Calder, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Malaclete is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ miles east of Hosta.

North Uist

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

North Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures 20 miles north-south, 25 miles east-west, and is separated from Benbecula to the south by a tidal ford, nowadays bridged by a causeway.

Hosta

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Hòmhsta”
Category: locality
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.62184° or 57° 37′ 19″ north

Longitude

-7.48746° or 7° 29′ 15″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

9C9JJGC7+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5138631844

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

9538987

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