Upper Coll Landwar Cairn
Upper Coll Landwar Cairn is a memorial in Western Isles, Scotland. Upper Coll Landwar Cairn is situated nearby to the sports venue Back Football & Recreation Club, as well as near the pitch Back FC.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coll and Back.
Coll
Village
Photo: Donald Lawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coll is a farming settlement near Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Coll is situated on the B895, between Stornoway and New Tolsta, and is also within the parish of Stornoway.
Back
Village
Photo: peter knudssen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Back is a district and a village in the parish of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, situated on a coastal area known as Loch a'Tuath, or Broad Bay.
Tong
Village
Photo: AllyLamont, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tong is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, 4 miles northeast of the main town of Stornoway on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta. The population of the village is 527. Tong is situated 2 miles southwest of Upper Coll Landwar Cairn.
Upper Coll Landwar Cairn
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This cairn is in memory of the men who took possession of Upper Coll in 1921, a township from which their ancestors had previously been evicted... In spite of threats of legal action they raided Coll Farm and distributed the land amongst landless families”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.26684° or 58° 16′ 1″ northLongitude
-6.32453° or 6° 19′ 28″ westOpen location code
9CCM7M8G+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 4922927587OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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