Rubh‘ a’ Mhadaidh-ruaidh

Rubh‘ a’ Mhadaidh-ruaidh is a cape in Highland Council, Scotland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Inverewe Garden and Eilean Ruairidh Mòr.

Inverewe Garden

Garden

Photo: Alexandre Dulaunoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. It is located just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross, and is noted for the breadth of its collection.

Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree.

Beinn Airigh Charr

Peak

Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beinn Airigh Charr is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in Wester Ross, on the northern side of Loch Maree, near to the village of Poolewe. The mountain is north of the wild Torridon Hills, and offers magnificent views from its summit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gairloch and Poolewe.

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.

Poolewe

Village

Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Poolewe is a small village in Wester Ross in the North West Highlands of Scotland, about 75 miles northwest of Inverness, by Loch Ewe. The River Ewe, one of the shortest in Scotland, joins the sea less than one mile from Inverewe Garden, renowned for its subtropical plants.

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.

Rubh‘ a’ Mhadaidh-ruaidh

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.7418° or 57° 44′ 30″ north

Longitude

-5.5689° or 5° 34′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C9PPCRJ+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10155253997

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

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Localities in the Area

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