The Eilan, Newtonmore

#3 among attractions in Newtonmore

Sport venue, Sport

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The Eilan, also known as "Eilean Bheannchair", in Scots Gaelic, is a shinty stadium in the town of Newtonmore, Scotland. It is the home of Newtonmore Camanachd and has been a shinty venue since at least 1877. ()

Opened: 1877 (147 years ago)Coordinates: 57°3'27"N, 4°7'54"W

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Newtonmore United Kingdom

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The Eilan – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Highland Folk Museum, Ruthven Barracks, Creag Dhubh, Highland Folk Museum.

1.3 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie
33 min walk • The Highland Folk Museum is a museum and open-air visitor attraction in Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. It is owned by Highland Council and administered by High Life Highland. It was founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Frances Grant.
3.6 miE
Ruins, View point, Forts and castles
Ruthven Barracks, Kingussie
93 min walk • Ruthven Barracks, near Ruthven in Badenoch, Scotland, are the best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite rising.
2 miSW
Mountain
Creag Dhubh, Newtonmore
52 min walk • Creag Dhubh is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It is located in the Strathspey area of the central Highlands, above the village of Newtonmore.
3.7 miNE
Museum
Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie
95 min walk • The Highland Folk Museum is a museum and open-air visitor attraction in Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. It is owned by Highland Council and administered by High Life Highland. It was founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Frances Grant.
5.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Càrn Dearg, Cairngorms National Park
133 min walk • Càrn Dearg is the highest peak of the Monadh Liath mountains in the Highlands of Scotland. Its eastern flanks slope steeply down into Glen Ballach, while to the north, the large plateau of the Monadh Liath extends for many miles. The nearest settlements are Newtonmore and Kingussie in the Spey valley.
0.5 miNE
57°3'47"N • 4°7'29"W
Clan Macpherson Museum, Newtonmore
12 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
5 miE
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Speyside Distillery, Kingussie
127 min walk • The Speyside distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery near the hamlet of Drumguish in the Speyside region of Scotland, close to the village of Kingussie.
3.2 miE
Sport venue, Sport
The Dell, Kingussie
82 min walk • The Dell is a shinty stadium in the town of Kingussie, Scotland. It is the home of Kingussie Camanachd and has been a shinty venue for almost 150 years.