Ormiscaig
Ormiscaig is a remote crofting village on the north east shore of Loch Ewe in Achnasheen, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Mellon Charles is less than one mile west along the coast road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isle of Ewe.
Isle of Ewe
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Isle of Ewe is a small Scottish island on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty. The island is inhabited by a single extended family, the Grants, who have lived at the current settlement on the leeward NE side of the island since the 19th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mellon Charles and Aultbea.
Mellon Charles
Village
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mellon Charles is a remote crofting village on Rubha Mòr on the north east shore of Loch Ewe near Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Aultbea
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aultbea is a small coastal fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about 30 kilometres west of Ullapool.
Laide
Village
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laide is a small village in the northwest of the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southern shore of Gruinard Bay, about 30 km west of Ullapool. Laide is situated 2½ miles east of Ormiscaig.
Ormiscaig
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.85273° or 57° 51′ 10″ northLongitude
-5.61056° or 5° 36′ 38″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C9PV93Q+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1754249160OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Ormiscaig” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ormiscaig”
- Dutch: “Ormiscaig”
- Irish: “Ormasgaig”
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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 “Ormiscaig”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.