Loch Ard
Loch Ard is a lake in Highland Council, Scotland. Loch Ard is situated nearby to the locality Upper Teangue, as well as near Creag Nighean Choinnich.Places of Interest
Highlights include Knock Castle and Sleat Primary School.
Knock Castle
Knock Castle, also known as Caisteal Chamuis is a former stronghold of Clan MacLeod of Lewis and later, MacDonalds. It lies on the east coast of Sleat, approximately five miles north of Armadale on the Isle of Skye, south of Cnoc Uaine, on the eastern side of Knock Bay.Sleat Primary School
School
Bun-sgoil Shlèite is a primary school on the Sleat peninsula of the island of Skye in Scotland. It is Scotland's only Gaelic Medium School with an English department. It was established in August 2007 though the building originally opened in November 1983.
Torabhaig distillery
Distillery
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torabhaig distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery in Teangue on the Isle of Skye. The distillery is the second ever licensed distillery on Skye and the first since Talisker was established in 1830.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Armadale and Teangue.
Armadale
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Armadale is the ferry port and main village of Sleat peninsula, the gently rolling southern part of the Isle of Skye. To the south it merges with Ardvasar, and a lane continues to dead-end at Aird of Sleat.
Teangue
Village
Photo: Astrid Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teangue is a fishing village on the Sleat peninsula, Isle of Skye, Highlands of Scotland. It is situated in Knock Bay on the west side of the Sound of Sleat.
Ferindonald
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ferindonald or Ferrindonald is a crofting township, located on the east coast of the Sleat peninsula, lying on the A851 road, in the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Loch Ard
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.1121° or 57° 6′ 43″ northLongitude
-5.8991° or 5° 53′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C9P4462+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 82641420OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q20616036
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Satellite Map
Discover Loch Ard from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Irish to Scottish Gaelic—“Loch Ard” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Loch Àrd”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Àrd”
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Localities in the Area
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