Achmore
Achmore is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. The name means 'big field'. Achmore is within the parish of Lochs and lies on the A858, about 7 miles southwest of Stornoway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village on Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Achadh Mor”, “Achmore, Lewis”, and “An t-Achadh Mòr”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leurbost and Garynahine.
Leurbost
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leurbost is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is approximately 6 miles south of Stornoway on the road to Harris. Leurbost is situated 4½ miles southeast of Achmore.
Garynahine
Village
Photo: F Leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garynahine is a settlement on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads from Stornoway, Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011. Garynahine is within the parish of Uig. Garynahine is situated 5 miles west of Achmore.
Balallan
Village
Photo: David Wake, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balallan, meaning "Allan's Town", is a crofting township on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Balallan is within the parish of Lochs. Balallan is situated 6 miles south of Achmore.
Achmore
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.17178° or 58° 10′ 18″ northLongitude
-6.57434° or 6° 34′ 28″ westElevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
9CCM5CCG+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 271238247OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Achmore” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Achmore (Lewis)”
- Basque: “Achmore”
- Catalan: “Achmore”
- Dutch: “Achmore”
- French: “Achmore”
- German: “Achmore (Lewis and Harris)”
- German: “Achmore”
- Irish: “An t-Acha Mór”
- Persian: “اکمور، لویس”
- Spanish: “Achmore”
- Welsh: “An t-Acha Mòr”
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