Loch an Duin
Loch an Duin is an archaeological site in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch an Duin is situated nearby to the village Bornish, as well as near the lake Loch a‘ Mhuilinn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ormacleit Castle and Dun Vulan.
Ormacleit Castle
Manor estate
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ormacleit Castle is a ruined mansion house of the early 18th century. It is located on South Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. It was built in the early years of the 18th century by Allan Macdonald, chief of Clanranald, and occupied from 1707. Ormacleit Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Loch an Duin.
Dun Vulan
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dun Vulan Broch is an Iron Age broch in South Uist, Scotland. Dun Vulan is situated 2 miles west of Loch an Duin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bornish and Milton.
Bornish
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bornish is a village and community council area on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Bornish is also within the civil parish of South Uist. The A865 passes through Bornish, on the route between Lochmaddy and Lochboisdale.
Milton
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milton is the name of a tack or tenant farm on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It was on this tack that Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald was born and spent her childhood. Milton is situated 2 miles south of Loch an Duin.
South Uist
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Uist is an island in the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland, with a population in 2011 of 1897. It extends 25 miles north-south and 5 miles east-west, and has long been linked by road north to Benbecula and North Uist, and since 2002 it has been linked south to Eriskay.
Loch an Duin
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.2361° or 57° 14′ 10″ northLongitude
-7.40264° or 7° 24′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C9J6HPW+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3677950730OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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