West Strathcarron Wood

Places of Interest

Culrain railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line.

Carbisdale Castle

Castle

Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carbisdale Castle was built in 1907 for the Duchess of Sutherland on a hill across the Kyle of Sutherland from Invershin in the Scottish Highlands. From 1945 to 2011 it was used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.

Shin Railway Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Graeme Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Shin Railway Viaduct is a railway viaduct that crosses the Kyle of Sutherland.The viaduct carries the Far North Line between Inverness and Wick and Thurso. Invershin railway station is at the north-eastern end of the viaduct, while Culrain railway station is a short distance to the south.

Places in the Area

Culrain

Village

Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Culrain is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. In 1650, the Battle of Carbisdale took place just outside the village.

Ardgay

Village

Photo: Graeme Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ardgay ard-GY is a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland and is 1 mile south from Bonar Bridge and lies at the entrance to Strathcarron, the valley of the River Carron and is at the mouth of the Kyle of Sutherland.

Invershin

Village

Photo: Andrew Longton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Invershin is a scattered village in the Parish of Creich, 6 miles south of Lairg and 4 miles north of Bonar Bridge in the south of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

West Strathcarron Wood

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Coniferous Forests to Discover

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