Kylesku
Kylesku is a fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. It takes its name from Caolas Cumhann, Gaelic for "narrow strait", which is the channel just to the west of the village that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendubh to Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Reboelje, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “An Caolas Cumhang”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kylesku Bridge.
Kylesku Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Geoff Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in northwest Scotland that crosses Caolas Cumhann; the channel that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendhu with Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kylestrome and Achfary.
Kylestrome
Hamlet
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kylestrome is a village on the north shore of Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin, 2 miles northwest of Unapool, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Achfary
Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achfary is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of Highland. To the east of the village lies Loch nan Ealachan. It is owned by the Grosvenor Estate and is renowned for its unusual black and white telephone box, erected in the 1960s. Achfary is situated 5 miles northeast of Kylesku.
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 6 miles west of Kylesku.
Kylesku
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.25633° or 58° 15′ 23″ northLongitude
-5.01911° or 5° 1′ 9″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9CCP7X4J+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 799527819OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Kylesku” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kylesku”
- Bengali: “কাইলেস্কু”
- Dutch: “Kylesku”
- German: “Kylesku”
- Irish: “An Caolas Cumhang”
- Scots: “Kylesku”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kylesku”. Photo: Reboelje, Public domain.