Milton

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.

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Village
Description: farm and hamlet on South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Geàrraidh Bhailteas” and “Milton, South Uist”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Askernish and Bornish.

Askernish

Village

Photo: Jeremy Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Askernish is a crofting community on South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Askernish is in the parish of South Uist, and is situated on the A865 north of Daliburgh. Askernish is situated 1½ miles south of 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. Bornish is situated 2 miles north of Milton.

Daliburgh

Village

Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Daliburgh is a crofting township on South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Daliburgh is situated 1+1⁄2 miles west from Lochboisdale, has the second largest population of any township in South Uist, and is also in the parish of South Uist. Daliburgh is situated 3 miles south of Milton.

Milton

Categories: farm, hamlet, and locality
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.21019° or 57° 12′ 37″ north

Longitude

-7.40135° or 7° 24′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C9J6H6X+3F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5152595475

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

Wikidata ID

Q4804075

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Western Frisian—“Milton” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Milton, South Uist”
French: “Milton”
German: “Milton”
Irish: “Gearra Bhailteas”
Japanese: “ミルトン”
Scottish Gaelic: “Gearra Bhailteas”
Western Frisian: “Milton”

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