Fairy Lochs

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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. The lochans have become known as the 'Fairy Lochs' due to their proximity to 'Sìthean Mòr' which translates as 'Big Fairy Hill'. ()

Coordinates: 57°40'35"N, 5°40'40"W

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Fairy Lochs – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gairloch Heritage Museum, Victoria Falls, Gairloch Stone, Baosbheinn.

3.6 miN
Specialty museum, Museum
Gairloch Heritage Museum, Gairloch
93 min walk • Gairloch Museum is an independent museum in the Wester Ross region of Scotland. The museum is located in the Highland village of Gairloch, in Achtercairn. The museum moved to a new site in 2019- a former Cold War building that had been converted to house exhibitions.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Victoria Falls, Gairloch
137 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.
3.7 miN
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Gairloch Stone, Gairloch
95 min walk • The Gairloch Stone is a Class-I Pictish stone which was discovered at Achtercairn in Wester Ross around 1880. Subsequently, the stone was used as masonry for the cemetery wall of Gairloch's church.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Baosbheinn
134 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.
2.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Bad an Sgalaig
69 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.
0.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
21 min walk • Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch in Wester Ross, in the north west of Scotland. The loch lies approximately 2 mi south southeast of the village of Badachro and is close to the Fairy Lochs.
5.7 miE
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Eilean Ruairidh Mòr
146 min walk • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr is a forested island in Loch Maree, Wester Ross, Scotland. Its name was formerly anglicised as "Ellan-Rorymore". The island is owned by Forestry and Land Scotland, as is the Slattadale Forest on the southern shore of Loch Maree.