Place:Coll, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

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NameColl
TypeHamlet
Coordinates58.2744°N 6.3251°W
Located inRoss and Cromarty, Scotland     ( - 1975)
Also located inOuter Hebrides, Scotland     (1975 - 1996)
Western Isles, Scotland     (1996 - )
See alsoLewis, Ross and Cromarty, Scotlandisland on which it is located
Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotlandparish of which it is a part

NOTE: This hamlet named Coll should not be confused with the Inner Hebrides Island of Coll now in the unitary authority of Argyll and Bute and formerly in the county of Argyll.

Coll (Gael: Col) is a crofting township or hamlet in the Western Isles. It is located 5½ miles (9 km) northeast of the town of Stornoway on the east side of the Island of Lewis. Upper Coll lies to the southwest, separated by two streams; the River Coll and Gil Thaisader. Back, Breivig, Lighthill, New Street and Vatisker are other settlements nearby. They have all been redirected here.

Coll is in the parish of Stornoway and more information will be found there.

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