2012

NB4132 : Stornoway: ferns atop Cnoc na Croich

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

Stornoway: ferns atop Cnoc na Croich
Stornoway: ferns atop Cnoc na Croich
Looking across a thick carpet of ferns on the 66m-high summit of Cnoc na Croich, a hill in the grounds of Lewis Castle which offers fine views across to the town centre and harbour.
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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NB4132, 24 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 16 August, 2012   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 6 January, 2013
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OSGB36: geotagged! NB 4179 3239 [10m precision]
WGS84: 58:12.2655N 6:23.8142W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NB 4173 3234
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