Locheport
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Locheport Scottish Gaelic Loch Euphort |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 33 ′ N , 7 ° 16 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | ISLE OF NORTH UIST | ||
| ZIP code section | HS6 | ||
| prefix | 01876 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Outer Hebrides | ||
| British Parliament | Na h-Eileanan to Iar | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Na h-Eileanan to Iar | ||
Locheport ( Gaelic : Loch Euphort ), also Locheuphort , is a scattered settlement on the Scottish Hebridean island of North Uist . It is located in the south of the island on the south bank of the Loch Euphort inlet around four kilometers east of Clachan na Luib , off the A865 . Lochmaddy , the main town on the island, is nine kilometers to the northeast.
In Locheport there are two monuments of the highest category A. 29 Locheport is a cottage from the 19th century. Just like the cottage from 1910 at 9 Locheport , the quarry stone construction corresponds to the historically typical residential building architecture in the Hebrides .