Culkein

Culkein Stoer is a remote former fishing village, centred on the Bay of Culkein, in Assynt in , and is in the council area of Highland.
Wikipedia
Photo: M Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Assynt, Highland, Scotland
  • Also known as: “An Cùl-Chinn”, “An Cùl-Cinn”, “Culkein Achnacarnain”, “Culkein Achnacarnin”, and “Culkein Stoer”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stoer Head Lighthouse and Eilean Chrona.

Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was built on Stoer Head by brothers David and Thomas Stevenson in 1870 after being identified as one of forty-five sites in Scotland where a lighthouse was necessary to protect shipping. is situated 2 miles west of Culkein.

Islet
Photo: Gerald England, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an islet, which is situated 2 miles east of Culkein.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a 60-metre-high sea stack of Torridonian sandstone in , , close to the villages of Culkein and and the nearby . It is a popular climbing route. is situated 2 miles northwest of Culkein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achnacarnin and Clashmore.

Hamlet
is a village on the headland of Point of Stoer in , , within the local authority area of the Highland Council.

Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a scattered township in Assynt, in , in the council area of . It is situated on the Rubha Stoer, 10 km north west of , overlooking Loch na Claise.

Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a remote township in the Assynt district of , and is in the council area of Highland. is situated 1½ miles south of Culkein.

Culkein

Latitude
58.24073° or 58° 14′ 27″ north
Longitude
-5.34659° or 5° 20′ 48″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CKN
Open location code
9CCP6MR3+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9051076867
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2651757
Wiki­data ID
Q2696503
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Satellite Map

Discover Culkein from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Culkein” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Culkein”
  • Breton: “An Cùl-Chinn”
  • Cornish: “An Cùl-Chinn”
  • Dutch: “Culkein”
  • Irish: “An Cùl-Chinn”
  • Irish: “An Cùl-cinn”
  • Irish: “Cùl-Chinn Achadh nan Càrnan”
  • Irish: “Cùl-Chinn an Stòir”
  • Manx: “An Cùl-Chinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Cùl-Chinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Cùl-cinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Cùl-Cinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cùl-Chinn Achadh nan Càrnan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cùl-Chinn an Stòir”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cùl-Chinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cùl-cinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Culkein Achnacarnin”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Culkein Stoer”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Culkein”
  • Welsh: “An Cùl-Chinn”
  • Welsh: “Culkein”
  • “An Cùl-Chinn”
  • “An Cùl-Cinn”
  • “Culkein”
  • “Culkein - An Cùl-Chinn”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rubha Stoer and Raffin.

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