Foindle
Foindle is a village on the south shore of Loch Laxford in Lairg, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Fanagmore is located 0.5 miles to the west, and sit in the same cove.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Foindlemore”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fanagmore and Tarbet.
Fanagmore
Hamlet
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fanagmore is a hamlet in Sutherland, Highland, in far northwestern Scotland. It lies on the south shore of Loch Laxford, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.
Tarbet
Hamlet
Photo: AlastairG, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarbet is a hamlet in Sutherland, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the nearest port of contact to the Scottish Wildlife Trust's national nature reserve of Handa Island, and a small ferry operates between the two. Tarbet is situated 2 miles west of Foindle.
Scourie
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scourie, historically spelled "Scoury", is a village on the north west coast of Scotland, about halfway between Ullapool and Durness. The name comes from the Gaelic word Sheiling or shed, a stone-built place of shelter used during the summer months. Scourie is situated 3½ miles southwest of Foindle.
Foindle
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.38995° or 58° 23′ 24″ northLongitude
-5.09329° or 5° 5′ 36″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
9CCP9WQ4+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 612894557OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Foindle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Foindle”
- Dutch: “Foindle”
- Irish: “An Fhionndail”
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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 “Foindle”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.