Carnish

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Carnish
Scottish Gaelic Carnàis
Coordinates 58 ° 11 ′  N , 7 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 58 ° 11 ′  N , 7 ° 3 ′  W
Carnish (Scotland)
Carnish
Carnish
administration
Post town ISLE OF LEWIS
ZIP code section HS2
prefix 01851
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Outer Hebrides
British Parliament Na h-Eileanan to Iar
Scottish Parliament Na h-Eileanan to Iar

Carnish ( Gaelic : Carnàis ) is a hamlet on the west coast of the Hebridean island of Lewis . Stornoway , the main town on the island, is about 40 km to the east. The neighboring hamlets of Mangersta and Timsgarry are two and three kilometers away, respectively. The Abhainn Dearg distillery, founded in 2008 on the site of a former salmon farm, is the only whiskey distillery on Lewis in Carnish. It is the westernmost distillery in Scotland.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  2. a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ^ Website of the Abhainn Dearg distillery