Northton
Northton is a village in Western Isles, Scotland. Northton is situated nearby to the locality Nisishee, as well as near Stangrigary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in South Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- Also known as: “An Taobh Tuath” and “Taobh Tuath”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel (on site of broch), Rubh‘ an Teampuill, Toe Head.
Chapel (on site of broch), Rubh‘ an Teampuill, Toe Head
Archaeological site
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chapel (on site of broch), Rubh‘ an Teampuill, Toe Head is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Northton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scarista and Leverburgh.
Scarista
Village
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scarista is a village, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Northton.
Leverburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leverburgh is the main village in the southern part of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, with a population of about 200. The main road A859 follows the west coast, running from Tarbert through Seilebost, Borve, Scarista and Northton to Leverburgh, continuing south to Rodel.
Borve
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borve is a village in Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is also within the parish of Harris, and is on the A859. Borve is situated 4 miles northeast of Northton.
Northton
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.79814° or 57° 47′ 53″ northLongitude
-7.06643° or 7° 3′ 59″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C9JQWXM+7COpenStreetMap ID
node 2903359504OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11240119Wikidata ID
Q109266014
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Scottish Gaelic—“Northton” goes by many names.
- Irish: “An Taobh Tuath”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Taobh Tuath”
- “An Taobh Tuath”
- “Northton”
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Localities in the Area
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