Loch Avaster
Loch Avaster is in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch Avaster is situated nearby to the peak Beinn Bheag, as well as near Loch Thoma Dubha.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Callanish Stones and Callanish X.
Callanish Stones
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The Calanais Stones are a prehistoric stone circle and stone alignment on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The monument was built during the Neolithic period, around c. 2750 BC. Callanish Stones is situated 2½ miles southwest of Loch Avaster.
Callanish X
Archaeological site
Photo: Claire Pegrum, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Callanish X is the collapsed remains of a stone circle. It is one of many megalithic structures around the more well-known and larger Calanais I on the west coast of the isle of Lewis, in the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Callanish X is situated 1½ miles southwest of Loch Avaster.
Callanish III
Archaeological site
Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Callanish III stone circle is one of many megalithic structures around the better-known Calanais I on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Callanish III is situated 2 miles south of Loch Avaster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Callanish and Garynahine.
Callanish
Village
Calanais is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Calanais is within the parish of Uig. A linear settlement with a jetty, it is on a headland jutting into Loch Roag, a sea loch 13 miles west of Stornoway. Callanish is situated 2 miles southwest of Loch Avaster.
Garynahine
Village
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Garynahine is a settlement on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads from Stornoway, Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011. Garynahine is within the parish of Uig. Garynahine is situated 2½ miles south of Loch Avaster.
Carloway
Village
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Carloway is a crofting township and a district on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The district has a population of around 500. Carloway township is within the parish of Uig, and is situated on the A858. Carloway is situated 4½ miles northwest of Loch Avaster.
Loch Avaster
- Type: Body of water
- Also known as: “Loch Amhastar”
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.22309° or 58° 13′ 23″ northLongitude
-6.70501° or 6° 42′ 18″ westOpen location code
9CCM67FV+6XOpenStreetMap ID
way 47452865OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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