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Kirkibost

#6631 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Kirkibost

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Kirkibost is a low-lying island west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°33'33"N, 7°25'14"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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

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

5.1 miE
Archaeological site
Pobull Fhinn, North Uist
131 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.
4.6 miSE
Church
Teampull na Trionaid, North Uist
117 min walk • Teampull na Trionaid is a ruined 13th-century Augustinian nunnery at Carinish, on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
4.8 miE
Archaeological site
Barpa Langass, North Uist
124 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.
4.8 miSE
Archaeological site
Carinish, North Uist
122 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.
4.6 miNW
Island
Rockall
118 min walk • Rockall is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by the Republic of Ireland.
2.7 miSE
Island
Baleshare
69 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.