Locheport
Locheport is a village in Western Isles, Scotland. Locheport is situated nearby to the hamlet Sidinish, as well as near Drim Sidnish.Photo: Chris McLean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- Also known as: “Loch Euphoirt”, “Loch Euphort”, and “Locheuphort”
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. Barpa Langass is situated 2 miles northwest of Locheport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carinish and Baile Glas.
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 3 miles southwest of Locheport.
Baile Glas
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baile Glas or Ballaglasa is a settlement on Grimsay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Ballaglasa is within the parish of North Uist. Baile Glas is situated 3½ miles south of Locheport.
North Uist
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.
Locheport
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.5501° or 57° 33′ 0″ northLongitude
-7.25707° or 7° 15′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C9JHP2V+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 5152595487OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q15057498
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In Other Languages
“Locheport” goes by many names.
- German: “Locheport”
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