Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird

Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird is an islet in Scotland, United Kingdom. Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird is situated nearby to the islet Eilean na Sgeir-Feòir, as well as near Eilean nam Fiadh.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plockton railway station and Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton.

Plockton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 south of Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird.

Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton

Church

Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton is situated 3,900 feet south of Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird.

Duncraig railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sexy Simon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plockton and Barleyport.

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.

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 Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird.

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 south of Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird.

Sgeir Mhòr na Frith-aird

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.34707° or 57° 20′ 49″ north

Longitude

-5.6593° or 5° 39′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C9P88WR+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 171189480

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Eilean na Sgeir-Feòir and Eilean nam Fiadh.

Nearby Places

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