Kinnahaird

Kinnahaird is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Kinnahaird is situated nearby to the hamlet Jamestown, as well as near the village Contin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairburn Tower and Loch Achonachie.

Fairburn Tower

Castle

Photo: valenta, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fairburn Tower is a recently restored Scottish castle near Inverness and Muir of Ord in the parish of Urray. The tower house on a hill above the River Orrin is believed to have been built in 1545 for Murdo Mackenzie. Fairburn Tower is situated 2 miles south of Kinnahaird.

Loch Achonachie

Lake

Loch Achonachie is a freshwater loch in Ross-Shire, Scotland, 1.9 kilometres south-west of Contin. Situated on the River Conon, the loch is a manmade reservoir formed from the construction of the Torr Achilty hydroelectric dam in 1955, as part of the Conon Hydro Scheme. Loch Achonachie is situated 2 miles west of Kinnahaird.

Highland Museum of Childhood

Museum

Strathpeffer railway station was a railway station serving the town of Strathpeffer in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The first station was located some distance from the town, on the Dingwall and Skye Railway line, and was opened in 1870. Highland Museum of Childhood is situated 2 miles northeast of Kinnahaird.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Contin and Marybank.

Contin

Village

Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Contin is a Ross-shire village, and a civil parish and community council area between Strathpeffer and Garve in the Highland council area of Scotland. The parish has a population of 675.

Marybank

Village

Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marybank is a small village in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Muir of Ord lies 3 miles south east of Marybank, along the A832 road.

Strathpeffer

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Strathpeffer is a village in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 1040 in 2020. It has sulphurous springs and grew up in the 19th century as a spa resort, served by a branch railway line.

Kinnahaird

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.56167° or 57° 33′ 42″ north

Longitude

-4.55923° or 4° 33′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C9QHC6R+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 392007312

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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