Loch nan Gillean

Loch nan Gillean is a lake in Highland Council, Scotland. Loch nan Gillean is situated near Loch Breac an Eich, as well as near Loch na Leitire.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Duncraig railway station and Duncraig Castle.

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 west of Loch nan Gillean.

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.

Stromeferry railway station

Railway station

Photo: Craig Wallace, 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″ north

Longitude

-5.59223° or 5° 35′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C9P8CJ5+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 57946906

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

Wikidata ID

Q124709984

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Loch na Leitire and Loch Breac an Eich.

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