Lairg Power Station
Lairg Power Station is a dam in Highland Council, Scotland. Lairg Power Station is situated nearby to the islet St Maolrubha’s Island, as well as near the archaeological site Eilean a‘ Chairn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lairg railway station.
Lairg railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ralph Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lairg railway station is a railway station just south of the village of Lairg in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 66 miles 78 chains from Inverness, between Invershin and Rogart. Lairg railway station is situated 2 miles south of Lairg Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lairg and Gruids.
Lairg
Village
Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lairg is a village and parish in Sutherland, Scotland. It has a population of 891 and is at the south-eastern end of Loch Shin. Lairg is unusual in the northern Highlands in being a large settlement that is not on the coast.
Gruids
Hamlet
Gruids is a small remote hamlet, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. Gruids is situated 2 miles south of Lairg Power Station.
Inveran
Hamlet
Inveran is a small village in the Parish of Creich located in the Sutherland region of the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated on the A837 at the head of the Dornoch Firth and the site of the Shin Hydro-electric Power Station. Inveran is situated 6 miles south of Lairg Power Station.
Lairg Power Station
- Type: Dam
- Category: industry
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.02868° or 58° 1′ 43″ northLongitude
-4.41488° or 4° 24′ 54″ westHeight
39 feet (12 metres)Operator
SSE plcOpen location code
9CCQ2HHP+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 295161337OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Notable Places Nearby
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