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Grimsay

#6158 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Grimsay

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Grimsay is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Area: 3.22 mi²Coordinates: 57°29'22"N, 7°14'11"W

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Grimsay – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pobull Fhinn, Teampull na Trionaid, Carinish, Borve Castle.

5.5 miN
Archaeological site
Pobull Fhinn, North Uist
139 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.
3.8 miNW
Church
Teampull na Trionaid, North Uist
97 min walk • Teampull na Trionaid is a ruined 13th-century Augustinian nunnery at Carinish, on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
3.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Carinish, North Uist
92 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.
6.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Borve Castle, Benbecula
170 min walk • Borve Castle, also known as Castle Wearie, and Caisteal Bhuirgh in Scottish Gaelic, is a ruined 14th-century tower house, located at the south-west of the island of Benbecula, in the Western Isles of Scotland.
1 miNW
Island
Fraoch-Eilean
26 min walk • Fraoch-eilean is a small island with an uncertain population north of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about 55 hectares in extent and the highest point is 11 metres. Its name derives from the Gaelic for "heather island".
5.7 miNW
Island
Baleshare
146 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.
2.1 miE
Island
Ronay
55 min walk • Ronay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, which lies a short distance off the east coast of Grimsay.