Black Wood
Black Wood is a forest in Highland Council, Scotland. Black Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Rèidhmòr, as well as near Ospisdale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Skibo Castle and Clach Biorach.
Skibo Castle
Castle
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skibo Castle is located to the west of Dornoch in the Highland county of Sutherland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Although largely of the 19th century and early 20th century, when it was the home of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, its origins go back much earlier.
Clach Biorach
Archaeological site
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clach Chairidh, alternatively named Clach Biorach, is a Class I Pictish stone located in a field near the village of Edderton in Easter Ross.
Balblair distillery
Distillery
Photo: Dpesek, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Balblair distillery is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky located in Edderton, Ross-shire, Scotland. Founded in 1790, the distillery was rebuilt in 1895 by the designer Charles C Doig to be closer to the Edderton Railway Station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edderton and Spinningdale.
Edderton
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edderton is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has approximately 388 inhabitants.
Spinningdale
Village
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spinningdale is a hamlet in the Parish of Creich, on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth in eastern Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies 5 miles northeast of Bonar Bridge and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Balleigh
Locality
Balleigh is a small village, 0.5 miles southeast of Edderton and 7 miles west of Tain, in eastern Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Black Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.869° or 57° 52′ 9″ northLongitude
-4.1908° or 4° 11′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C9QVR95+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 958884558OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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