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.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Loch Carron, Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “The Garra Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Duncraig railway station and Duncraig Castle.

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.

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-5.64691° or 5° 38′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C9P99C3+76

OpenStreetMap ID

way 81190596

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

2657316

Wikidata ID

Q24659163

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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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