Loch nan Gillean
Loch nan Gillean is a lake in Highland Council, Scotland. Loch nan Gillean is situated nearby to Loch Breac an Eich, as well as near Loch na Leitire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Duncraig Castle and Duncraig railway station.
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. Duncraig Castle is situated 1½ miles west of Loch nan Gillean.
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 1½ miles west of Loch nan Gillean.
Stromeferry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Brian MacLennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stromeferry railway station is a station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Stromeferry in the Highlands, northern Scotland. Stromeferry lies on the southern shore of Loch Carron, across from the ruined Strome Castle, near the west coast. Stromeferry railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of Loch nan Gillean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achmore and Plockton.
Achmore
Hamlet
Photo: Trevor Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achmore is a hamlet located close to the south shore of Loch Carron, approximately seven miles east of Plockton near Stromeferry in the historic county of Wester Ross and within the Highland council area, Scotland.
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.
Auchtertyre
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchtertyre is a village, lying half a mile from the north shore of Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, in the Highlands and in the Scottish council area of the Highland Council. Auchtertyre is situated 3 miles south of Loch nan Gillean.
Loch nan Gillean
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows northeast to Allt a‘ Mhuilinn
- Category: lake
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.33103° or 57° 19′ 52″ northLongitude
-5.59223° or 5° 35′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C9P8CJ5+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 57946906OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q124709984
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