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Loch Resort or Loch Rèasort is a large sea loch on the west coast of the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Its north shore forms a part of Lewis and its south shore a part of Harris .
The area has strong historical links with the Jacobite rising of 1745, with Loch nan Uamh being the place where Charles Edward Stuart first landed in Scotland: the row of beech trees known as the Seven Men of Moidart commemorates the rising. The picturesque ruins of Castle Tioram also add to the scenic beauty of the area. [11]
Portavadie (Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhadaidh) is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne on the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. [1]The Portavadie complex was built in 1975 [2] by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea.
The Sportscotland National Centre Glenmore Lodge is situated about 1.5 km east of Loch Morlich, and is surrounded by the park. [10] During the Second World War the area was a training base for Norwegian resistance fighters, who are commemorated by a memorial located near to the visitor centre. [11]
Eilean Shona (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Seòna) is a tidal island situated at the entrance of Loch Moidart, on the west coast of Scotland, just north of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The island is 525 hectares (1,300 acres) in area, with the highest point being Beinn a' Bhàillidh at 265 metres (869 ft).
Eilean Horrisdale is the largest island in Loch Gairloch. [1] In front is the smaller, Eilean Tioram (dry island), which is connected to the mainland by a causeway. Eilean Horrisdale shelters the small harbour of Badachro. [1] In 1841, it supported a fishing community of 27 people in four houses and 31 in five houses by the end of the 19th ...
Leaving Loch Thom at Cornalees, The Cut, with its footpath, runs westward and then turns northward as it follows the contour of Dunrod Hill which it follows round until running directly above the town of Greenock at Overton, having come a distance of 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (9 km). It collects some of the water from streams that cross its path, and a ...
Loch Hope is a loch in the Durness parish in Sutherland in the Highland Council Area of northern Scotland. It is located on the A838 main road. The settlements of Hope, Lochside, and Muiseal directly on the loch in addition nearby there's Inverhope, Heilam, Moine House, Alltnacaillich, Strathmore, etc..