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Rodel
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Rodel () is a village on the south-eastern coast of Harris, an island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. Rodel is situated in the parish of Harris. It was historically the capital of Harris, and the main port, before Tarbert took the title.
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- Locality
- Roghadal
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- located in/on physical feature
- Harris
- Commons category
- Rodel
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
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Rodel () is a village on the south-eastern coast of Harris, an island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. Rodel is situated in the parish of Harris. It was historically the capital of Harris, and the main port, before Tarbert took the title.
St Clement's Church (Eaglais Chliamhain) is a 16th-century church which was founded by the 8th Chief of MacLeod and is dedicated to Pope Clement I. The church was built using local Lewisian gneiss rock. It overlooks Loch Rodel. This well-preserved church is currently under the responsibility of Historic Scotland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rodel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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