Kyle of Sutherland
The Kyle of Sutherland is an estuary in the Scottish Highlands formed by the rivers Oykel and Cassley. It extends from the confluence of these rivers to Bonar Bridge, some 10 miles downstream, where it widens to become the Dornoch Firth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Culrain railway station and Carbisdale Castle.
Culrain railway station
Railway station
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Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line.
Carbisdale Castle
Castle
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Carbisdale Castle was built in 1907 for the Duchess of Sutherland on a hill across the Kyle of Sutherland from Invershin in the Scottish Highlands. From 1945 to 2011 it was used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.
Invershin railway station
Railway station
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Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 61 miles 34 chains from Inverness, between Culrain and Lairg. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culrain and Invershin.
Culrain
Village
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Culrain is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. In 1650, the Battle of Carbisdale took place just outside the village.
Invershin
Village
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Invershin is a scattered village in the Parish of Creich, 6 miles south of Lairg and 4 miles north of Bonar Bridge in the south of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Inveran
Hamlet
Inveran is a small village in the Parish of Creich located in the Sutherland region of the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated on the A837 at the head of the Dornoch Firth and the site of the Shin Hydro-electric Power Station. Inveran is situated 2 miles north of Kyle of Sutherland.
Kyle of Sutherland
- Type: Estuary
- Description: river estuary in Highland, Scotland, UK, flows into the Dornoch Firth
- Categories: estuary and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kyle of Sutherland” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kyle of Sutherland”
- Dutch: “Kyle of Sutherland”
- German: “Kyle of Sutherland”
- Irish: “An Caol Catach”
- Japanese: “カイル・オブ・サザーランド”
- Russian: “Кайл-оф-Сазерленд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Caol Catach”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kyle of Sutherland”
- Swedish: “Kyle of Sutherland”
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