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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 ...
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 ...
The village was founded in 1800 [3] with a view to training up seamen for war against Napoleon.After his (initial) defeat and exile to Elba, the community found itself a new role as a fishing village.
In 1970, Ross and Cromarty council voted to create a new £460,000 (equivalent to £8,987,500 in 2023) [37] ferry terminal at Ullapool, 43 miles (69 km) from Stornoway, replacing that at the Kyle of Lochalsh that is 71 miles (114 km) from Stornoway. [38] The ferry terminal is linked to the A835 trunk road with the A893.
Gairloch (/ ˈ ɡ ɛər l ɒ x / GAIR-lokh; Scottish Gaelic: Geàrrloch [ˈkʲaːrˠl̪ˠɔx], meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland.
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Dornie (Scottish Gaelic: An Dòrnaidh) [2] [3] is a small former fishing village in the Lochalsh district in western Ross-shire Highlands of Scotland (2006 census). It is near the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long. The A87, the main road to Skye, passes just outside the village.