Eilean a‘ Gheòidh

Eilean a‘ Gheòidh is an islet in Western Isles, Scotland. Eilean a‘ Gheòidh is situated nearby to the village Locheport, as well as near the hamlet Sidinish.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pobull Fhinn and Barpa Langass.

Pobull Fhinn

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Barpa Langass

Archaeological site

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Locheport and Carinish.

Locheport

Village

Photo: Chris McLean, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Locheport is a village.

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 4 miles southwest of Eilean a‘ Gheòidh.

Lochmaddy

Village

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Lochmaddy is situated 4 miles northeast of Eilean a‘ Gheòidh.

Eilean a‘ Gheòidh

Type: Islet
Also known as: “Eilean a‘ Gheoidh”
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.56825° or 57° 34′ 6″ north

Longitude

-7.25386° or 7° 15′ 14″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9C9JHP9W+8F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1254386739

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

13286014

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