Strathcarron, Highland
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Strathcarron is a hamlet, situated at the head of the sea loch
, Loch Carron
, between the rivers, River Carron
and River Taodail, in Wester Ross
, Scottish Highlands
and is in the Highland council area.
It has a hotel called the Strathcarron Hotel and the Strathcarron railway station
.
Loch
Loch is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or a sea inlet. It has been anglicised as lough, although this is pronounced the same way as loch. Some lochs could also be called a firth, fjord, estuary, strait or bay...
, Loch Carron
Loch Carron
Loch Carron is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands. It is the point at which the River Carron enters the North Atlantic Ocean....
, between the rivers, River Carron
River Carron, Wester Ross
River Carron is a river in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The river rises in Ledgowan Forest. It gathers its head-streams through Carron Bog, then enters Loch Scaven and flows out from there....
and River Taodail, in Wester Ross
Wester Ross
is a western area of Ross and Cromarty in Scotland, notably containing the villages on the west coast such as:* Lochcarron* Applecross* Shieldaig* Torridon* Kinlochewe * * * Aultbea* Laide* Ullapool* Achiltibuie...
, Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
and is in the Highland council area.
It has a hotel called the Strathcarron Hotel and the Strathcarron railway station
Strathcarron railway station
Strathcarron railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the small village of Strathcarron, and the larger village of Lochcarron in the Highlands, northern Scotland.- External links :...
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