Clachan Sands: postbox № HS6 23:: OS grid NF8775 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

NF8775 : Clachan Sands: postbox № HS6 23

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

Clachan Sands: postbox № HS6 23

A small postbox on the B893, emptied at 11am on weekdays and at 8am on Saturdays. It was painted in June 2009 - the Google StreetView camera caught it being done!

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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2012

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Grid Square: NF8775, 6 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Chris Downer (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Third Visitor for NF8775)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: Tuesday, 14 August, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 3 September, 2012
Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services Communications
Subject Location: OSGB36: NF 8772 7527 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:39.5174N 7:14.2813W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NF 8772 7527
View Direction: South-southeast (about 157 degrees)