Crannog
Crannog is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Crannog is situated nearby to the reservoir Loch Lundie, as well as near the peak Cnoc a Chlarsair.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plockton railway station and Duncraig railway station.
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 1½ miles northwest of Crannog.
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 1½ miles north of Crannog.
Duncraig Castle
Castle
Photo: Richard Szwejkowski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1½ miles west of Crannog.
Balmacara
Village
Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balmacara is a scattered village on the north shore of Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Highland and is in the Scottish council area of the Highland, Scotland. Balmacara is situated 1½ miles south of Crannog.
Crannog
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.31653° or 57° 18′ 60″ northLongitude
-5.63575° or 5° 38′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C9P8987+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 57946806OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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