An Ard

An Ard is a hill in Highland Council, Scotland and has an elevation of 157 feet. An Ard is situated nearby to the neighborhood Charlestown, as well as near the locality Auchtercairn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gairloch Museum and Eilean Horrisdale.

Gairloch Museum

Museum

Photo: Macfack, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gairloch Museum is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland. The museum is located in the Highland village of Gairloch, in Achtercairn.

Eilean Horrisdale

Island

Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eilean Horrisdale is an uninhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland.

Dry Island is an inhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland, and part of the Inner Hebrides. Dry Island is translated from the Gaelic name for the Island "Eilean Tioram". Dry Island is situated 1½ miles southwest of An Ard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlestown and Gairloch.

Charlestown

Neighborhood

Charlestown is a small hamlet, making up one of the settlements which are collectively called Gairloch, and located 2 kilometres south of the main village of Gairloch, and overlooking the harbour area, on the west of Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Gairloch

Photo: Dmacle2179, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gairloch is a straggling community along the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 620 in 2020. The land is hilly and farming isn't very productive, but shellfishing remains a traditional occupation.

Badachro

Village

Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Badachro is a former fishing village, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. Badachro is situated 2 miles southwest of An Ard.

An Ard

Type: Hill with an elevation of 157 feet
Category: landform
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.7133° or 57° 42′ 48″ north

Longitude

-5.68588° or 5° 41′ 9″ west

Elevation

157 feet (48 metres)

Open location code

9C9PP877+8J

GeoNames ID

12624847

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Localities in the Area

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