Beinn Mhor
Beinn Mhor is a hill in Western Isles, Scotland and has an elevation of 459 feet. Beinn Mhor is situated nearby to the village Breasclete, as well as near Callanish.Places of Interest
Highlights include Callanish Stones and Callanish X.
Callanish Stones
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The Calanais Stones are a prehistoric stone circle and stone alignment on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The monument was built during the Neolithic period, around c. 2750 BC. Callanish Stones is situated 2½ miles south of Beinn Mhor.
Callanish X
Archaeological site
Photo: Claire Pegrum, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Callanish X is the collapsed remains of a stone circle. It is one of many megalithic structures around the more well-known and larger Calanais I on the west coast of the isle of Lewis, in the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Callanish X is situated 2 miles south of Beinn Mhor.
Ceabhaigh
Island
Ceabhaigh is a small island in an arm of Loch Ròg on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about 25 hectares in extent. It is not known if the island was ever permanently inhabited. Ceabhaigh is situated 2 miles southwest of Beinn Mhor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Callanish and Garynahine.
Callanish
Village
Calanais is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Calanais is within the parish of Uig. A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch 13 miles west of Stornoway. Callanish is situated 2 miles south of Beinn Mhor.
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 3 miles south of Beinn Mhor.
Carloway
Village
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carloway is a crofting township and a district on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The district has a population of around 500. Carloway township is within the parish of Uig, and is situated on the A858. Carloway is situated 4 miles northwest of Beinn Mhor.
Beinn Mhor
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 459 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.22899° or 58° 13′ 44″ northLongitude
-6.72116° or 6° 43′ 16″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
9CCM67HH+HGGeoNames ID
12611776
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