Loch Cùl Fraoich
Loch Cùl Fraoich is a lake in Highland Council, Scotland. Loch Cùl Fraoich is situated nearby to the hamlet Raffin, as well as near the village Culkein.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Man of Stoer and Stoer Head Lighthouse.
Old Man of Stoer
Cliff
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Old Man of Stoer is a 60-metre-high sea stack of Torridonian sandstone in Sutherland, Scotland, close to the villages of Culkein and Stoer and the nearby Stoer Head Lighthouse. It is a popular climbing route. Old Man of Stoer is situated 1½ miles northwest of Loch Cùl Fraoich.
Stoer Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stoer Head Lighthouse 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culkein and Stoer.
Culkein
Village
Photo: M Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culkein Stoer is a remote former fishing village, centred on the Bay of Culkein, in Assynt in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Stoer
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoer is a crofting township in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland and in the council area of Highland. It is located about five miles north of the village of Lochinver. Stoer is situated 2½ miles south of Loch Cùl Fraoich.
Clachtoll
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clachtoll is a coastal fishing and crofting village situated on the Bay of Clachtoll, in the ancient parish of Assynt, Sutherland county, in the Highland Council area on the north western edge of Scotland. Clachtoll is situated 3½ miles south of Loch Cùl Fraoich.
Loch Cùl Fraoich
- Type: Lake
- Also known as: “Loch Cul Fraoich” and “Loch Culfruichie”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.23994° or 58° 14′ 24″ northLongitude
-5.36592° or 5° 21′ 57″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9CCP6JQM+XJGeoNames ID
2651760
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Raffin and Clashmore.
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Highlights include Cnoc Riabhach and Point of Stoer.
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