Eilean Ruairidh Mòr

#5078 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". ()

Coordinates: 57°42'1"N, 5°31'46"W

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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Inverewe Garden, Victoria Falls, Poolewe Village Hall, Fairy Lochs.

5.9 miNW
Garden, Park, Botanical garden
Inverewe Garden, Gairloch
150 min walk • Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in the Scottish Highlands. It is located just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross, and is noted for the breadth of its collection.
1.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Victoria Falls, Gairloch
35 min walk • Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the southern side of Loch Maree in Wester Ross in the north-west of Scotland. It is on the Abhainn Garbhaig, a short river that flows from Loch Garbhaig to Loch Maree. The falls are within Slattadale Forest, owned by the Forestry Commission.
5.3 miNW
Stela
Poolewe Village Hall
136 min walk • The Poolewe Stone is a Class-I Pictish stone discovered in 1992 in the cemetery at Poolewe in Wester Ross. The stone carries the common Pictish depictions of a crescent and v-rod.
5.7 miW
Memorial
Fairy Lochs
146 min walk • The Fairy Lochs is a recent English name for Na Lochan Sgeireach and are a small group of freshwater lochans approximately 2 mi south-east of the village of Badachro, near Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Maree
60 min walk • Loch Maree is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At 21.7 km long and with a maximum width of four kilometres, it is the fourth-largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness.
5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Baosbheinn
133 min walk • Baosbheinn is a Scottish mountain situated in the Torridon area of the Northwest Highlands. It stands in a remote area within the Flowerdale deer forest some 39 km NNE of Kyle of Lochalsh.
3.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Bad an Sgalaig
80 min walk • Loch Bad an Sgalaig is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch and reservoir lying 5 mi south of the small village of Poolewe, in Wester Ross, Scotland.
1 miE
Island
Garbh Eilean
27 min walk • Garbh Eilean is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Garbh Eilean lies between Eilean Sùbhainn and Eilean Ruairidh Mòr. The islands are among the least disturbed in Britain.
1.9 miE
Island
Eilean Sùbhainn
49 min walk • Eilean Sùbhainn is the largest of several small islands in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. It is the second largest freshwater island in Scotland after Inchmurrin. Lying 1 mile northeast of Talladale, the island is partially forested and uninhabited. It rises to 36 metres and extends to 118 hectares.