Calbha Beag
Calbha Beag is an uninhabited island in Eddrachillis Bay, off Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is immediately to the west of Calbha Mor. An estimate of the area from Ordnance Survey suggest a figure of about 31 hectares, although it has been listed by Rick Livingstone as totalling 45 hectares, possibly including areas exposed at low tide.Photo: John Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meall Beag and An Dun.
Meall Beag
Islet
Photo: Tony Page, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meall Beag is an islet, which is situated 2 miles west of Calbha Beag.
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. An Dun is situated 2½ miles southeast of Calbha Beag.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culkein Drumbeg and Nedd.
Culkein Drumbeg
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culkein Drumbeg is a remote village on the north west coast of Scotland. It is located 0.93 miles north west of Drumbeg in Assynt, Sutherland, in the Highland council area. Culkein Drumbeg is situated 3½ miles southwest of Calbha Beag.
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. Nedd is situated 3½ miles south of Calbha Beag.
Drumbeg
Village
Drumbeg is a remote crofting village on the north west coast of Scotland in Assynt, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Drumbeg is situated 3½ miles southwest of Calbha Beag.
Calbha Beag
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.28217° or 58° 16′ 56″ northLongitude
-5.14824° or 5° 8′ 54″ westElevation
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
9CCP7VJ2+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 208895403OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
12540911Wikidata ID
Q3776222
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Calbha Beag” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Calbha Beag”
- Irish: “Calbha Beag”
- Italian: “Calbha Beag”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Calbha Beag”
- Swedish: “Calbha Beag”
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