Ness
Ness is the northernmost part of the Isle of Lewis, a community consisting of about 16 villages, including Lionel, Habost, Swainbost, Cross, North and South Dell, Cross Skigersta, Skigersta, Eorodale, Adabroc, Port of Ness, Knockaird, Fivepenny and Eoropie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region with 1,300 residents
- Description: district in the north of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Ness, Lewis” and “Nis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dùn Èistean and Lionel School.
Dùn Èistean
Fort
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dùn Èistean is a multi-period archaeological site on an inter-tidal sea stack on the north east coast of the Isle of Lewis, near the village of Knockaird in the area of Nis in the Western Isles of Scotland.
St. Moluag’s Church
Church
Photo: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Moluag's church is a church in the village of Eoropie in Ness in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. It is one of the busiest visitor attractions in Ness, due to historical importance and because it is easily accessible from the road along a footpath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adabrock and Habost.
Adabrock
Village
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adabrock, is a village in the area of Ness, Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Adabrock is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8015 between Lionel and Eorodale.
Habost
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Habost is the name of two crofting townships on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. One is in the Ness area at the northern tip of the island at grid reference NB519629 and is home to an arts and music centre.
Lionel
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lionel is a village in the Ness area of the Isle of Lewis. Lionel is within the parish of Barvas. Lionel is situated near the northern end of the A857, at the junctions with the B8013 to Eoropie and the B8015 to Eorodale and Skigersta.
Ness
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.48247° or 58° 28′ 57″ northLongitude
-6.24532° or 6° 14′ 43″ westPopulation
1,300Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9CCMFQJ3+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 13375062760OpenStreetMap feature
place=regionGeoNames ID
12262125Wikidata ID
Q151589
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Ness” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Nis”
- Dutch: “Ness”
- Esperanto: “Ness”
- French: “Ness”
- Irish: “Nis”
- Japanese: “ネス”
- Persian: “نس، لویس”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Nis, Leòdhas”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Nis”
- Welsh: “Ness”
- Welsh: “Nis”
- “Nis”
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Highlights include Skigersta Post Office and Eorodale WWII CHL radar station.
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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 “Ness”. Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.