Loch an Leamhain

Loch an Leamhain is in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch an Leamhain is situated nearby to Loch Thoma Dubha, as well as near the lake Loch a‘ Ghluair.

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 an Leamhain.

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 1¼ miles southwest of Loch an Leamhain.

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 1½ miles southwest of Loch an Leamhain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garynahine and Callanish.

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 1½ miles south of Loch an Leamhain.

Callanish

Village

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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 an Leamhain.

Achmore

Village

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Achmore is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. The name means 'big field'. Achmore is within the parish of Lochs and lies on the A858, about 7 miles southwest of Stornoway. Achmore is situated 5 miles southeast of Loch an Leamhain.

Loch an Leamhain

Type: Body of water
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.2126° or 58° 12′ 45″ north

Longitude

-6.68938° or 6° 41′ 22″ west

Open location code

9CCM6876+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47455332

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Highlights include Loch Thoma Dubha and Loch a‘ Ghluair.

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