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Aignish

Aignish is located northwest of Knock and east of Stornoway on the east coast of the , in the , Scotland. The township is at the island side of the isthmus connecting to the Eye peninsula.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ui Church and Aignish Farm Raiders Monument.

Church
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Memorial
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a memorial.

Aerodrome
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an airfield located 2 NM east of the town of Stornoway on the , in . is situated 2 miles west of Aignish.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knock and Branahuie.

Village
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, from the Gaelic, An Cnoc, is a village in Point peninsula on the in the of . Point is connected by road across a narrow isthmus to Stornoway, the main administrative centre of the Western Isles.

Village
Photo: Angus Peck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the in the , Scotland. is within the parish of , and is situated on the A866. It is also close to Stornoway, and .

Village
Photo: Angus Peck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a traditionally Gaelic-speaking village in Point on the east coast of the , in 's north-west. It is largely a crofting township and is about 2+1⁄2 miles east of at the head of an isthmus connecting with the Eye Peninsula.

Aignish

Latitude
58.20777° or 58° 12′ 28″ north
Longitude
-6.27401° or 6° 16′ 26″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
9CCM6P5G+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 449343839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12266287
Wiki­data ID
Q4696851
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Aignish” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Aignish”
  • Dutch: “Aignish”
  • French: “Aignish”
  • German: “Aignish”
  • Irish: “Aiginis”
  • Irish: “Aignis”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aiginis”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Aignis”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ui Church Graveyard and Eye Cemetery.

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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 “Aignish”. Photo: Morrismaciver, CC BY-SA 2.5.