Balchrick
Balchrick is a township on the north east shore of Lairg in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Balchrick lies entirely within the estate of the John Muir Trust's Sandwood Estate.Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Aisir and Eilean an Ròin Mòr.
Eilean an Ròin Mòr
Island
Photo: michael hardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean an Ròin Mòr is an uninhabited island in north west Sutherland.
Loch Aisir Mòr
Lake
Loch Aisir Mòr is a lochan in Scotland's Flow Country. It is situated about one mile from the western coast of Sutherland, at the northeast edge of Oldshoremore, a scattered crofting settlement, and about two miles north of the larger settlement of Kinlochbervie. Loch Aisir Mòr is situated 1½ miles east of Balchrick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheigra and Kinlochbervie.
Sheigra
Hamlet
Sheigra or Shegra is a small holiday settlement on the east coast of the Tongue district of Sutherland in the Highland council area in Scotland. It is located 4 miles from Kinlochbervie and the B801 road and nearly 60 miles from Thurso and the A9 and 40 miles from Ullapool and the A835.
Kinlochbervie
Photo: brian gillman, CC BY 3.0.
Kinlochbervie is a small fishing village in Sutherland in the northwest Scottish Highlands, with a population of 411 in 2011. Few fishing boats are based here, but they come to land their catch to be trucked south.
Inshegra
Hamlet
Inshegra is a small crofting village, located two miles south east of Badcall and lies at the south east coast of Loch Inchard, in Lairg, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Inshegra is situated 4½ miles southeast of Balchrick.
Balchrick
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Balchrick” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balchrick”
- Dutch: “Balchrick”
- Irish: “Baile a‘ Chnuic”
- Irish: “Baile a’ Chnuic”
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