The Eilan

Eilean Bheannchair, known simply as The Eilan, is a shinty venue close to the Scottish village of Newtonmore. It is the home of Newtonmore Camanachd Club and has been a shinty venue since at least 1877.

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Type: Sports location
Description: sports venue in Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “The Eilean”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Newtonmore railway station and Clan Macpherson Museum.

Newtonmore railway station

Railway station

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Newtonmore railway station serves the village of Newtonmore, Highland, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line. The station is 68 miles 62 chains from Perth, between Dalwhinnie and Kingussie, and has a single platform which is long enough for a ten-coach train. Newtonmore railway station is situated 2,800 feet east of The Eilan.

Clan Macpherson Museum

Museum

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Clan Macpherson Museum is situated 2,600 feet northeast of The Eilan.

Highland Folk Museum

Park

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The Highland Folk Museum is an open-air museum and visitor attraction in Newtonmore, in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. Highland Folk Museum is situated 1¼ miles northeast of The Eilan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtonmore and Kingussie.

Newtonmore

Village

Newtonmore is a village of approximately 1100 inhabitants in Badenoch, within the Highland council area of Scotland. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland.

Kingussie

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Kingussie is a town in Speyside in the central Scottish Highlands, with a population of 1470 in 2020. The Spey valley here broadens into a "strath" as it emerges from the hills, and turns north.