Carloway
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dun Carloway and Loch Bhorgastail crannog.
Dun Carloway
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Dun Carloway is a broch situated in the district of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a remarkably well preserved broch – on the east side parts of the old wall still reach to 9 metres tall.
Loch Bhorgastail crannog
Archaeological site
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Loch Bhorgastail crannog is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shawbost and Garenin.
Shawbost
Village
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Shawbost is a large village in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis. The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around 20 miles west of Lewis's capital Stornoway.
Garenin
Hamlet
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Garenin is a crofting township on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Garenin is in the Carloway municipality and has a population of about 80 people.
Carloway
- Type: Region
- Also known as: “Càrlabhagh”
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.2794° or 58° 16′ 46″ northLongitude
-6.753° or 6° 45′ 11″ westOpen location code
9CCM76HW+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 13375062762OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
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