Carinish, North Uist

Name: Carinish
Address: North Uist, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in North Uist

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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. ()

Coordinates: 57°31'19"N, 7°18'43"W

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North Uist United Kingdom

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

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

3.1 miN
Archaeological site
Pobull Fhinn, North Uist
80 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.
~1710 ftW
Church
Teampull na Trionaid, North Uist
9 min walk • Teampull na Trionaid is a ruined 13th-century Augustinian nunnery at Carinish, on North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
3.4 miN
Archaeological site
Barpa Langass, North Uist
88 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.
7.8 miNE
Harbor
Lochmaddy, North Uist
199 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.
5.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Sgadabhagh, North Uist
143 min walk • 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.
2.7 miSE
Island
Fraoch-Eilean
70 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".
3.6 miSE
Island
Grimsay
92 min walk • Grimsay is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
4.6 miSW
Village
Balivanich
118 min walk • Balivanich is a village on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is the main centre for Benbecula and the adjacent islands of North Uist, South Uist and several smaller islands.
2.2 miW
Island
Baleshare
56 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.
5.6 miSE
Island
Ronay
143 min walk • Ronay is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, which lies a short distance off the east coast of Grimsay.
4.8 miNW
Island
Kirkibost
122 min walk • Kirkibost is a low-lying island west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.