Meall Dubh Raffin

Meall Dubh Raffin is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Meall Dubh Raffin is situated nearby to the locality Sidhean Beag, as well as near Rubha Stoer.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stoer Head Lighthouse and Old Man of Stoer.

Stoer Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stoer Head Lighthouse was built on Stoer Head by brothers David and Thomas Stevenson in 1870 after being identified as one of forty-five sites in Scotland where a lighthouse was necessary to protect shipping.

Old Man of Stoer

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Old Man of Stoer is a 60-metre-high sea stack of Torridonian sandstone in Sutherland, Scotland, close to the villages of Culkein and Stoer and the nearby Stoer Head Lighthouse. It is a popular climbing route. Old Man of Stoer is situated 1½ miles north of Meall Dubh Raffin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Culkein and Clashmore.

Culkein

Village

Photo: M Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Culkein Stoer is a remote former fishing village, centred on the Bay of Culkein, in Assynt in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Culkein is situated 1½ miles east of Meall Dubh Raffin.

Clashmore

Hamlet

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clashmore is a scattered township in Assynt, in Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated on the Rubha Stoer, 10 km north west of Lochinver, overlooking Loch na Claise. Clashmore is situated 1½ miles southeast of Meall Dubh Raffin.

Balchladich

Hamlet

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balchladich is a remote township in the Assynt district of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Balchladich is situated 2 miles southeast of Meall Dubh Raffin.

Meall Dubh Raffin

Type: Locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.23716° or 58° 14′ 14″ north

Longitude

-5.3921° or 5° 23′ 32″ west

Open location code

9CCP6JP5+V5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11021916907

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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