Bornish
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.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bornais”
Places of Interest
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.
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 Bornish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milton and Stoneybridge.
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 Bornish.
Stoneybridge
Village
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoneybridge is a village on the island of South Uist in Scotland. The Crois Chnoca Breaca standing stone is situated to the west of the village. Stoneybridge is within the parish of South Uist and the chapel was also situated west of the settlement at Ardmichael, having been in existence prior to 1854. Stoneybridge is situated 2½ miles north of Bornish.
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 2022 of 1650. 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.
Bornish
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.24114° or 57° 14′ 28″ northLongitude
-7.40128° or 7° 24′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C9J6HRX+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 5139599633OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q4946035
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