Breivig: postbox № HS9 10:: OS grid NL6998 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NL6998 : Breivig: postbox № HS9 10

near to Brèibhig, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Great Britain

Breivig: postbox № HS9 10

This postbox is emptied at 8:45 on weekday mornings and at 6:45 on Saturday mornings. The large hill in the background is Sheabhal, the highest point of the island.

English/Gaelic names in the Western Isles

In around 1999, the Ordnance Survey replaced English-language placenames in the Western Isles with Gaelic-language names. Some of the more prominent features (e.g. Isle of Barra; Stornoway; Sound of Harris) do have bilingual labels but, on the whole, villages, lochs, peaks etc. generally have the Gaelic names on the modern-day mapping.

Because the English versions have a tendency not to appear on the maps any more, I have decided to use them in my image titles and, as such, a translation will be readily available from the Gaelic labelling on the map.

(NB I have not translated some of the more minor loch and river names, where I have not easily found the English version.)

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year taken

2012

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Grid Square: NL6998, 10 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Chris Downer (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 12 August, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 1 September, 2012
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Business, Retail, Services Communications
Subject Location: OSGB36: NL 6942 9898 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:57.8057N 7:26.4775W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NL 6942 9898
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)