2012

NG0294 : Scarista: postbox № HS3 134

taken 12 years ago, near to Borve, Isle of Lewis And Harris, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scotland

Scarista: postbox № HS3 134
Scarista: postbox № HS3 134
This postbox stands outside the gateway to NG0294 : Scarista: the post office, and is emptied at 9am daily except Sunday. The A859 heads northeast in the background.
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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NG0294, 27 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 15 August, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 8 September, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NG 0262 9403 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:50.1939N 7:0.7515W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NG 0262 9403
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