Loch a’ Chàirn Bhàin
Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin, or Loch Cairnbawn, is a sea inlet off Eddrachillis Bay on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands north of Ullapool. It was the site of the World War Two midget submarine training base, Port HHZ.Photo: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin” and “Loch Cairnbawn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kylesku Bridge and An Dun.
Kylesku Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Geoff Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in northwest Scotland that crosses Caolas Cumhann; the channel that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendhu with Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland.
An Dun
Archaeological site
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
An Dun is an Iron Age broch or dun at the south-east of Loch Ardbhair, Highland, Scotland, UK. An Dun stands on an isolated rock at the south end of Loch Ardbhair, a sea inlet, and on its eastern shore, about 100 foot from the mainland, to which it is connected by a rough causeway of boulders, now part displaced.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kylestrome and Kylesku.
Kylestrome
Hamlet
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kylestrome is a village on the north shore of Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin, 2 miles northwest of Unapool, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Kylesku
Hamlet
Photo: Reboelje, Public domain.
Kylesku is a fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. It takes its name from Caolas Cumhann, Gaelic for "narrow strait", which is the channel just to the west of the village that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendubh to Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin.
Nedd
Hamlet
Nedd is a small village, which lies on the western head of Loch Nedd in Lairg, western Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Loch a’ Chàirn Bhàin
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.26122° or 58° 15′ 40″ northLongitude
-5.06986° or 5° 4′ 12″ westOpen location code
9CCP7W6J+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 671144012OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2654073Wikidata ID
Q2154391
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Loch a’ Chàirn Bhàin” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Cebuano: “Loch Cairnbawn”
- Cornish: “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Dutch: “Loch Cairnbawn”
- Irish: “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Irish: “Loch a’ Cháirn Bháin”
- Manx: “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch a’ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Loch a’ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
- Swedish: “Loch Cairnbawn”
- Welsh: “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
- “Loch a‘ Chàirn Bhàin”
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