Loch a‘ Ghluair

Loch a‘ Ghluair is a lake in Western Isles, Scotland. Loch a‘ Ghluair is situated nearby to the village Garynahine, as well as near Callanish.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Callanish Stones and Callanish IV.

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 IV

Archaeological site

Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Callanish IV is a prehistoric stone circle on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was built during the late Neolithic period, around c. 2750 BCE, and is one of several ancient monuments in the wider Callanish complex.

Callanish III

Archaeological site

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Callanish and Garynahine.

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.

Garynahine

Village

Photo: F Leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Loch a‘ Ghluair

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

58.1892° or 58° 11′ 21″ north

Longitude

-6.6875° or 6° 41′ 15″ west

Open location code

9CCM58Q7+M2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47456888

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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Satellite Map

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Callanish VI and Callanish VII.

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