Uig Tower, Isle of Skye

Name: Uig Tower
Address: Isle of Skye, United Kingdom

#14 among attractions in Isle of Skye

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The Uig Tower, also known as Captain Fraser's Folly, is a nineteenth century folly located in Uig on the island of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is a category B listed building. ()

Coordinates: 57°35'5"N, 6°21'33"W

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Isle of Skye United Kingdom

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Uig Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Skye Museum of Island Life, Quiraing, Hartaval, Snizort Free Church.

5.2 miN
Museum, History museum
Skye Museum of Island Life, Uig
134 min walk • The Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in Kilmuir, Skye, Scotland, which is dedicated to preserving a township of thatched cottages as they would have been on Skye at the end of the 18th century.
5.3 miNE
Geological formation with a loop trail
Quiraing, Isle of Skye
137 min walk • The Quiraing is a landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
7.2 miSE
Mountain
Hartaval
185 min walk • Hartaval is a hill on the Isle of Skye. It is located on the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the isle, and is the second highest peak on Trotternish ridge after The Storr.
~630 ftNE
Church
Snizort Free Church, Isle of Skye
4 min walk • The Snizort Free Church, is a place of worship of the Free Church of Scotland in Skye.
1.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Dun Skudiburgh, Uig
41 min walk • Dun Skudiburgh is a prehistoric fort near Uig, Skye, Scotland. The site is on the west coast of Trotternish, on a steep-sided knoll about 60 metres above the shore of Loch Snizort.
5.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh Ruaidh, Isle of Skye
146 min walk • Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh Ruaidh is a summit in the Trotternish range of hills in the north of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is located about ten kilometres south-east of Uig, and 15 kilometres north of Portree, at the point where the long ridge running from north to south down the Trotternish peninsula loops suddenly eastward.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Snizort
107 min walk • Loch Snizort is a sea loch in the northwest of the Isle of Skye between the Waternish and Trotternish peninsulas. It is fed by the River Snizort, originating in the hills east of Bracadale.