Loch a‘ Chabhain
Loch a‘ Chabhain is a lake in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch a‘ Chabhain is situated nearby to the village Bornish, as well as near the hamlet North Locheynort.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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Uist and 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
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.
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.
Loch a‘ Chabhain
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.238° or 57° 14′ 17″ northLongitude
-7.3833° or 7° 22′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C9J6JQ8+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 237504558OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as North Locheynort and Bornish House.
Notable Places Nearby
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