Eilean a‘ Chait
Eilean a‘ Chait is an islet in Scotland, United Kingdom. Eilean a‘ Chait is situated nearby to the hamlet Craig, as well as near Ardaneaskan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duncraig railway station and Duncraig Castle.
Duncraig railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Duncraig railway station is a remote railway station by the shore of Loch Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, originally serving Duncraig Castle, a mansion near Plockton, in the Highland council area of northern Scotland.
Duncraig Castle
Castle
Photo: Richard Szwejkowski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duncraig Castle is a mansion in Lochalsh, in the west of the Scottish Highlands. A category-C listed building, it is situated in the Highland council area, east of the village of Plockton on the south shore of Loch Carron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plockton and Duirinish.
Plockton
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plockton is a village on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 468 in 2020. In Scots slang a "plook" is a pimple, and The Plock is a small headland sheltering the harbour from the westerly weather.
Duirinish
Hamlet
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
Duirinish is a hamlet in Lochalsh near Plockton in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The hamlet is largely formed around the Allt Dhiuirnis river, which flows westward into the Inner Sound. Duirinish is situated 2½ miles southwest of Eilean a‘ Chait.
Barleyport
Hamlet
Photo: Chris MacKenzie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port an Eòrna is the Scottish Gaelic name for the small settlement of Barleyport, situated almost midway between Plockton and the Kyle of Lochalsh, in Ross-shire, Scotland, in the Western Highlands. Barleyport is situated 2½ miles southwest of Eilean a‘ Chait.
Eilean a‘ Chait
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.34913° or 57° 20′ 57″ northLongitude
-5.64719° or 5° 38′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C9P89X3+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 171189470OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
13285269
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse and Eilean an Duine.
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