Gairloch Stone, Gairloch

Name: Gairloch Stone
Address: Gairloch, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Gairloch

Top attraction, Stela

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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. It has survived only imperfectly, but on it are still visible a fish - probably a salmon - and, above, the lower part of a bird. The bird is probably an eagle, common on Pictish stones, but a goose has also been suggested. The stone currently resides in Gairloch Heritage Museum. ()

Coordinates: 57°43'45"N, 5°41'32"W

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Gairloch United Kingdom

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Gairloch Stone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Inverewe Garden, Gairloch Heritage Museum, Poolewe Village Hall, Fairy Lochs.

4.6 miNE
Garden, Park, Botanical garden
Inverewe Garden, Gairloch
118 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.
~470 ftSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Gairloch Heritage Museum, Gairloch
3 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.
4.3 miNE
Stela
Poolewe Village Hall
109 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.
3.7 miS
Memorial
Fairy Lochs
95 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.
4.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Bad an Sgalaig
120 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.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
107 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.