Eilean nan Ròn
Eilean nan Ròn is an island in Scotland, United Kingdom. Eilean nan Ròn is situated nearby to the village Culrain, as well as near Invershin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Culrain railway station and Invershin railway station.
Culrain railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line.
Invershin railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 61 miles 34 chains from Inverness, between Culrain and Lairg. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
Carbisdale Castle
Castle
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carbisdale Castle was built in 1907 for the Duchess of Sutherland on a hill across the Kyle of Sutherland from Invershin in the Scottish Highlands. From 1945 to 2011 it was used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culrain and Invershin.
Culrain
Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culrain is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. In 1650, the Battle of Carbisdale took place just outside the village.
Invershin
Village
Photo: Andrew Longton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invershin is a scattered village in the Parish of Creich, 6 miles south of Lairg and 4 miles north of Bonar Bridge in the south of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Inveran
Hamlet
Inveran is a small village in the Parish of Creich located in the Sutherland region of the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated on the A837 at the head of the Dornoch Firth and the site of the Shin Hydro-electric Power Station. Inveran is situated 2 miles north of Eilean nan Ròn.
Eilean nan Ròn
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Eilean nan Ron”
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.917° or 57° 55′ 1″ northLongitude
-4.40008° or 4° 24′ 0″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9C9QWH8X+RXGeoNames ID
13284462
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