An Garbh-eilean
An Garbh-eilean is an islet in Highland Council, Scotland. An Garbh-eilean is situated nearby to the hamlet Ardaneaskan, as well as near Achintraid.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Loch Carron, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “The Garra Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duncraig Castle and Duncraig railway station.
Duncraig Castle
Castle
Photo: Richard Szwejkowski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duncraig Castle is a mansion in Lochalsh, in the west of the Scottish Highlands. A category-C listed building, it is situated in the Highland council area, east of the village of Plockton on the south shore of Loch Carron. Duncraig Castle is situated 2½ miles south of An Garbh-eilean.
Duncraig railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Duncraig railway station is a remote railway station by the shore of Loch Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, originally serving Duncraig Castle, a mansion near Plockton, in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. Duncraig railway station is situated 2½ miles south of An Garbh-eilean.
Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton
Church
Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton is situated 2½ miles south of An Garbh-eilean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plockton and Barleyport.
Plockton
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plockton is a village on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 468 in 2020. In Scots slang a "plook" is a pimple, and The Plock is a small headland sheltering the harbour from the westerly weather.
Barleyport
Hamlet
Photo: Chris MacKenzie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port an Eòrna is the Scottish Gaelic name for the small settlement of Barleyport, situated almost midway between Plockton and the Kyle of Lochalsh, in Ross-shire, Scotland, in the Western Highlands. Barleyport is situated 3½ miles southwest of An Garbh-eilean.
Achmore
Hamlet
Photo: Trevor Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achmore is a hamlet located close to the south shore of Loch Carron, approximately seven miles east of Plockton near Stromeferry in the historic county of Wester Ross and within the Highland council area, Scotland. Achmore is situated 3½ miles southeast of An Garbh-eilean.
An Garbh-eilean
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.37066° or 57° 22′ 14″ northLongitude
-5.64691° or 5° 38′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C9P99C3+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 81190596OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“An Garbh-eilean” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “An Garbh-eilean”
- Swedish: “An Garbh-eilean”
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Localities in the Area
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