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NG2196 : Scalpay: postbox № HS4 146

near to Ceann a Bhàigh, Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Great Britain

Scalpay: postbox № HS4 146

This postbox stands outside NG2196 : Scalpay: the post office and is emptied, like the other two on the island, at 9:30 each morning except Sunday.

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: NG2196, 42 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Chris Downer (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Wednesday, 15 August, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 8 September, 2012
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Business, Retail, Services Islands Communications
Subject Location: OSGB36: NG 2155 9657 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:52.2890N 6:41.8673W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NG 2155 9657
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)