Hallan Roundhouses
Cladh Hallan is an archaeological site on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. It is significant as the only place in Great Britain where prehistoric mummies have been found.Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Early neolithic and bronze age burial site at South Uist, Great Britain
- Also known as: “Cladh Hallan” and “Taigheann Cruinn Cladh Hàlainn”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Askernish and Daliburgh.
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.
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.
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 2½ miles north of Hallan Roundhouses.
Hallan Roundhouses
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.17172° or 57° 10′ 18″ northLongitude
-7.41033° or 7° 24′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C9J5HCQ+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1152775833OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q496371
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Hallan Roundhouses” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Клад-Халанскія муміі”
- Danish: “Cladh Hallan”
- Dutch: “Cladh Hallan”
- German: “Cladh Hallan”
- Irish: “Cladh Hàlainn”
- Irish: “Cladh Hallan”
- Japanese: “クレイド・ハランのミイラ”
- Low German: “Cladh Hallan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cladh Hallan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cladh Hallan”
- Norwegian: “Cladh Hallan”
- Russian: “Клад-Халлан”
- Russian: “Клад-Халланские мумии”
- Spanish: “Cladh Hallan”
- Swedish: “Cladh Hallan”
- Ukrainian: “Клад-Халланські мумії”
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