Galascaig
Galascaig is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Galascaig is situated nearby to the locality Rientraid, as well as near the hamlet Kylestrome.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kylesku Bridge and An Dun.
Kylesku Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Geoff Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in northwest Scotland that crosses Caolas Cumhann; the channel that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendhu with Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland. Kylesku Bridge is situated 1½ miles east of Galascaig.
An Dun
Archaeological site
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
An Dun is an Iron Age broch or dun at the south-east of Loch Ardbhair, Highland, Scotland, UK. An Dun stands on an isolated rock at the south end of Loch Ardbhair, a sea inlet, and on its eastern shore, about 100 foot from the mainland, to which it is connected by a rough causeway of boulders, now part displaced. An Dun is situated 2 miles southwest of Galascaig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kylestrome and Kylesku.
Kylestrome
Hamlet
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kylestrome is a village on the north shore of Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin, 2 miles northwest of Unapool, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Kylesku
Hamlet
Photo: Reboelje, Public domain.
Kylesku is a fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. It takes its name from Caolas Cumhann, Gaelic for "narrow strait", which is the channel just to the west of the village that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendubh to Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin. Kylesku is situated 1½ miles east of Galascaig.
Nedd
Hamlet
Nedd is a small village, which lies on the western head of Loch Nedd in Lairg, western Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Nedd is situated 4½ miles southwest of Galascaig.
Galascaig
- Type: Locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.26186° or 58° 15′ 43″ northLongitude
-5.06595° or 5° 3′ 57″ westOpen location code
9CCP7W6M+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4249932360OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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