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Wester Ross (Scottish Gaelic: Ros an Iar) is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland.The area is loosely defined, and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right, [2] but is generally regarded as lying to the west of the main watershed of Ross (the eastern part of Ross being Easter Ross), thus forming the western half of the ...
Fishing on the Little Gruinard. The Little Gruinard is a river in Wester Ross, Scotland which runs from the Fionn Loch into Gruinard Bay (famed for Gruinard Island).It lies within the Letterewe Estate, previously owned by Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, a Dutch businessman.
Loch Kernsary is a part of a group of eleven other freshwater lochs in the Wester Ross area that are considered a Site of Special Scientific Interest. [3] The eleven other lochs, all located to the north-west of Kinlochewe are: Loch a' Bhaid-luachraich, Lochan Dubh Druim na h-Airdhe, Loch Fada, Loch na Moine Buige, Fionn Loch, Loch na h-Uidhe, Lochan Beannach Mor, Lochan Beannach Beag, Loch a ...
Diabaig (Scottish Gaelic: Dìobaig) is a remote coastal fishing and crofting township in Wester Ross, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. [1] Diabaig lies on the north shore of the sea loch of Loch Diabaig, an inlet off the north side of Loch Torridon, and is in the Highland council area. [2] The main part of the settlement is known as ...
On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society. [7] It was designed by Thomas Telford. Prior to 1788 the town was only an insignificant hamlet made up of just over 20 households. [8] The harbour is used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port.
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The Glencarron Estate is a 12,000 acre highland estate in Wester Ross. [1] It provides sports facilities for fishing (river and loch) and grouse shooting. Several cottages and lodges are available for holiday lets. [1] It is owned by Alasdair Douglas, chair of The Tree Council. [2]
Leiths and Ferguson Transport have created a new joint venture company, Kishorn Port Limited to promote the regeneration of the Yard and the dry dock as a manufacturing centre for the offshore renewables industry. [8] In January 2017, it was announced that Kishorn Port Ltd had been awarded £500,000 to test and revamp the dry dock gates.