Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse
Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Scotland, United Kingdom. Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse is situated nearby to the islet Eilean a‘ Bhàta, as well as near Eilean an Duine.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Eilean a‘ Chàit Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 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 1 mile southeast of Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse.
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.
Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton
Church
Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plockton Church, Innes Street, Plockton is situated 1 mile south of Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plockton and Barleyport.
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.
Barleyport
Hamlet
Photo: Chris MacKenzie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port an Eòrna is the Scottish Gaelic name for the small settlement of Barleyport, situated almost midway between Plockton and the Kyle of Lochalsh, in Ross-shire, Scotland, in the Western Highlands. Barleyport is situated 2½ miles southwest of Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse.
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 2½ miles southwest of Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse.
Eilean a’Chait Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.34941° or 57° 20′ 58″ northLongitude
-5.64783° or 5° 38′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C9P89X2+QVOpenStreetMap ID
way 978527744OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q28465871
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eilean a‘ Chait and Eilean a‘ Bhàta.
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