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| Title | Description | Images | Id |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton, North Uist | Newton is a small settlement in North Uist, close to Newtonferry. It includes the townships of Baile Mhic Coinein and Baile Mhic Phàil. In 1923 the farm of Newton, which covered Baile Mhic Coinein, Baile Mhic Phàil and... | 72487 | |
| Lochmaddy, North Uist | Lochmaddy is the administrative centre of North Uist, located on the northeast coast of the island. Satellite Image | 45324 | |
| Old Hill, Lewis | The Old Hill is a large rocky island to the north-west of Bernera. It was used as grazing for sheep until the 1970s but it was always a hazardous affair getting the animals off. There is only one landing site and the... | Yes | 40654 |
| Cluer, Harris | Cluer is a village on the east side of Harris, in the district known as the Bays. | 1125 | |
| Ceann a' Chlachain, Lochcroistean | Ceann a' Chlachainn - stepping stones were laid across Loch Croistean and the area was given that name. | 36450 | |
| Alness, Ross and Cromarty | Alness is located in Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, 15 miles north of Inverness. | 26901 | |
| Portvoller, Lewis | Portvoller is a small village on the north tip of the Eye Peninsula on the Isle of Lewis, nine miles from Stornoway. Satellite Image | 18596 | |
| Lochalsh, Ross & Cromarty | The name Lochalsh refers to the parish of Lochalsh or sometimes to a wider geographical area that includes this parish, which is situated in the western part of Ross & Cromarty adjacent to the Isle of Skye. The... | 40701 | |
| Keith Street, Stornoway | 14300 | ||
| Strathrannoch, Ross & Cromarty | 10619 | ||
| Flodabay, Harris | Flodabay is a settlement on the rocky east coast of South Harris, in an area known as the Bays of Harris. | 69826 | |
| Habost, Ness, Lewis | Habost is in the far north of Lewis and is part of Ness. There is also a village in the area of Pairc that shares the same name. | 47734 | |
| Altenish, Lewis | A small settlement of two tenants in 1776 Alexander Macleod and Angus Morrison In 1820 there were three tenants, Roderick Maclean - no further trace, Malcolm Macdonald (1773-1864) removed to 9 Tong, Isle of Lewis in... | 36851 | |
| Kinlochleven | Kinlochleven is a village that grew up at the beginning of the 20th century to support the operation of an aluminium smelter and the associated Blackwater Dam, power station and harbour. It lies at the head of Loch... | 10242 | |
| Govan, Glasgow | Govan is an area in Glasgow, situated on the south bank of the River Clyde, west of the city centre. It has a long history dating back to the Middle Ages or even earlier, and was an important industrial centre from the... | 49323 | |
| Soval, Lewis | Soval - from the Norse 'Sauor' (a sheep) and 'fjall' (a hill), thus a sheep hill. Soval is location and an estate in the Lochs district of East Lewis (Outer Hebrides). It lies two miles north northeast of Laxay and... | 4902 | |
| Lake Megantic, Quebec | This is one of the Eastern townships in the province of Quebec, Canada. | 41124 | |
| Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec | Cookshire-Eaton is a municipality of 4,200 in the Estrie region in Quebec. It was formed in 2002 by the amalgamation of the village of Cookshire and the township of Eaton. | 41125 | |
| Lower Bayble, Lewis | 15928 | ||
| Northumberland | 103707 | ||
| Balfron, Stirlingshire | Balfron is a village situated near Endrick Water, 18 miles west of Stirling and 16 miles north of Glasgow. | 60565 | |
| Cross, Lewis | Cross is a village, part of the larger settlement of Ness at the Butt of Lewis in the far north of the island. | 10149 | |
| Penny Donald, Lewis | Penny Donald, situated near Uig Sands, was one of the three villages cleared in the late 1830s to make way for the farm at Ardroil. The area is now occupied by crofts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 Ardroil. Baile a' Ghriasaich... | 50268 | |
| Luskentyre, Harris | Luskentyre is a small settlement on the west coast of Harris, famous for its scenic beach. Satellite Image | Yes | 28792 |
| Trumisgarry, North Uist | Trumisgarry is a settlement on the island of North Uist, about five miles northwest of Lochmaddy. Situated within it is one of the government churches designed by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford. | 70098 | |
| Liniclate, Benbecula | Liniclate is a scattered hamlet near Creagorry in Benbecula. It is the site of Sgoil Lionacleit, the community secondary school which serves the Uists. | 70034 | |
| Gleann Tharmoid, Keose Glebe | An abandoned settlement to the east of Keose Glebe. Norman Munro, who came from the Shiant Islands and his family lived here until 1859 when they moved to Caverstay, Pairc. Gleann Tharmoid (Norman's Glen) is named after... | 9618 | |
| Shiant Islands | Three main islands make up the Shiants. Garbh Eilean is the largest, and connects to Eilean an Tighe by a narrow rocky beach. Eilean Mhuire lies to the east. High basalt cliffs rise to 150m and the islands are a... | 9617 | |
| Wellington, New Zealand | 210 | ||
| Alberta, Canada | The first European explorers in Alberta were fur traders, including those with the Hudson's Bay Company, possibly as early as the 1690s. Settlement followed by the 1780s with the establishment of trading posts; by 1821... | 17637 |