Loch Sgadabhagh, North Uist

Name: Loch Sgadabhagh
Address: North Uist, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in North Uist

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Loch Sgadabhagh or Loch Scadavay is a body of water on the island of North Uist, Scotland. The name may be of Old Norse derivation meaning "lake of tax bay" although if so, the reason is obscure. Loch Sgadabhagh is the largest loch by area on North Uist although Loch Obisary has about twice the volume. ()

Length: 4.5 miWidth: 9843 ftMaximum depth: 50 ftElevation: 33 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 57°35'57"N, 7°16'3"W

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North Uist United Kingdom

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Loch Sgadabhagh – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pobull Fhinn, Teampull na Trionaid, Barpa Langass, Carinish.

2.5 miS
Archaeological site
Pobull Fhinn, North Uist
63 min walk • Pobull Fhinn is a stone circle on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name is Gaelic. The first word has been variously spelt as pobull, poball, pobul or as plural pobuill.
5.8 miS
Church
Teampull na Trionaid, North Uist
148 min walk • Teampull na Trionaid is a ruined 13th-century Augustinian nunnery at Carinish, on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
2.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Barpa Langass, North Uist
56 min walk • Barpa Langass, is a Neolithic chambered cairn on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It measures about 72 feet in diameter by 18 feet in height, and is around 5,000 years old.
5.6 miS
Archaeological site
Carinish, North Uist
143 min walk • Carinish, is a hamlet on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is in the south of the island, about two miles from the causeway to Benbecula. The hamlet is known for the Carinish Stone Circle and the Trinity Temple. Carinish is within the parish of North Uist and is situated on the A865.
3.8 miE
Harbor
Lochmaddy, North Uist
98 min walk • Lochmaddy is the administrative centre of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Na Madaidhean are rocks in the bay after which the loch, and subsequently the village, are named. Lochmaddy is within the parish of North Uist.
2.7 miNE
Archaeological site
Na Fir Bhrèige, North Uist
70 min walk • Na Fir Bhrèige is a set of three standing stones on the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. They lie on the northwestern slope of Blashaval. The stones are set in a line that runs WNW to ESE, nearly in alignment with the peaks of Blashaval and Maari. They protrude 0.7m...
4.4 miNE
Island
Ceallasaigh Beag
112 min walk • Ceallasaigh Beag is a low-lying island in Loch Maddy off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. This an area of shallow lagoons filled and drained by the tides each day.
6 miSW
Island
Baleshare
153 min walk • Baleshare is a flat tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Baleshare lies to the south-west of North Uist. Its economics and community were boosted by the building of a causeway in 1962. The 350-metre causeway was built by William Tawse Ltd.
6.9 miNW
Island
Vallay
176 min walk • Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people. Its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is...
4.5 miNW
Neighbourhood
Sollas, North Uist
116 min walk • Sollas is a small crofting township on the northern coast of the island of North Uist, Scotland.