Clachan
Clachan is a village in Western Isles, Scotland. Clachan is situated nearby to the hamlet Claddach Baleshare, as well as near Claddach Illeray.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn.
Barpa Langass
Archaeological site
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Barpa Langass or Langass Barp is a Neolithic chambered cairn on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures around 22 meters in diameter by 5.5 meters in height, and is around 5,000 years old. Barpa Langass is situated 2 miles northeast of Clachan.
Pobull Fhinn
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Pobull Fhinn is a stone circle on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name is Gaelic. The first word has been variously spelt as pobull, poball, pobul or as plural pobuill. Pobull Fhinn is situated 2 miles northeast of Clachan.
Teampull na Trionoid
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Teampull na Trionaid is a ruined 13th-century Augustinian nunnery, believed to have been a daughter foundation of Iona Nunnery, at Carinish, on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Teampull na Trionoid is situated 2½ miles south of Clachan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carinish and Locheport.
Carinish
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carinish, is a hamlet on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is in the south of the island, about two miles from the causeway to Benbecula. Carinish is situated 2½ miles south of Clachan.
Locheport
Village
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Locheport is a village, which is situated 3 miles east of Clachan.
North Uist
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North Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures 20 miles north-south, 25 miles east-west, and is separated from Benbecula to the south by a tidal ford, nowadays bridged by a causeway.
Clachan
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Clachan an Lùib” and “Clachan na Luib”
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.55229° or 57° 33′ 8″ northLongitude
-7.33299° or 7° 19′ 59″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9C9JHM28+WROpenStreetMap ID
node 5138631842OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13273828
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