An Garbh-eilean
An Garbh-eilean is an islet in Scotland, United Kingdom. An Garbh-eilean is situated nearby to the islet Eilean nam Fiadh, as well as near Eilean an Duine.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Duncraig railway station and Plockton railway station.
Duncraig railway station
Railway station
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Duncraig railway station is a remote railway station by the shore of Loch Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, originally serving Duncraig Castle, a mansion near Plockton, in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. Duncraig railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of An Garbh-eilean.
Plockton railway station
Railway station
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Plockton railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Plockton in the Highlands, north-west Scotland. The station is 58 miles 22 chains from Dingwall, between Duncraig and Duirinish. Plockton railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of An Garbh-eilean.
Duncraig Castle
Castle
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Duncraig Castle is a mansion in Lochalsh, in the west of the Scottish Highlands. A category-C listed building, it is situated in the Highland council area, east of the village of Plockton on the south shore of Loch Carron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plockton and Duirinish.
Plockton
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plockton is a village on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 468 in 2020. In Scots slang a "plook" is a pimple, and The Plock is a small headland sheltering the harbour from the westerly weather.
Duirinish
Hamlet
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
Duirinish is a hamlet in Lochalsh near Plockton in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The hamlet is largely formed around the Allt Dhiuirnis river, which flows westward into the Inner Sound. Duirinish is situated 2 miles southwest of An Garbh-eilean.
Barleyport
Hamlet
Photo: Chris MacKenzie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port an Eòrna is the Scottish Gaelic name for the small settlement of Barleyport, situated almost midway between Plockton and the Kyle of Lochalsh, in Ross-shire, Scotland, in the Western Highlands. Barleyport is situated 2 miles southwest of An Garbh-eilean.
An Garbh-eilean
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.34681° or 57° 20′ 49″ northLongitude
-5.65053° or 5° 39′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C9P88WX+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 171189469OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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