Hills of Britain and Ireland
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Loch Hourn, near Arnisdale with the lower top of Beinn Sgritheall on the left, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are wintery, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Beinn Sgritheall and Kinlochhourn Forest, in shot, is remote, wild and beautiful. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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Loch Hourn and Beinn Sgritheall, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are wintery, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Beinn Sgritheall and Kinlochhourn Forest, in shot, is remote, wild and beautiful. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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The grandeur of a West coast sea-loch-Loch Hourn, looking across to Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are snow-capped, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Knoydart, in shot, is only accessible by foot or boat. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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The grandeur of a West coast sea-loch-Loch Hourn, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are snow-capped, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Knoydart, in shot, is only accessible by foot or boat. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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The grandeur of a West coast sea-loch-Loch Hourn, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are snow-capped, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Knoydart, in shot, is only accessible by foot or boat. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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The raw, unbridled, natural majesty and colour of Loch Hourn, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are snow-capped, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Knoydart, in shot, is only accessible by foot or boat. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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Loch Hourn, near Arnisdale with the lower top of Beinn Sgritheall on the left, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are wintery, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Beinn Sgritheall and Kinlochhourn Forest, in shot, is remote, wild and beautiful. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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Loch Hourn and Beinn Sgritheall, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are wintery, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Beinn Sgritheall and Kinlochhourn Forest, in shot, is remote, wild and beautiful. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53941916134
The grandeur of a West coast sea-loch-Loch Hourn, looking across to Knoydart, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are snow-capped, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Knoydart, in shot, is only accessible by foot or boat. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
54235652484
The grandeur of a West coast sea-loch-Loch Hourn, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are snow-capped, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Knoydart, in shot, is only accessible by foot or boat. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
54090021463
The grandeur of a West coast sea-loch-Loch Hourn, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are snow-capped, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Knoydart, in shot, is only accessible by foot or boat. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53937698213
The raw, unbridled, natural majesty and colour of Loch Hourn, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are snow-capped, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Knoydart, in shot, is only accessible by foot or boat. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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Mesmerising light. View south from the mouth of Loch Hourn, with broken cloud. The Sound of Sleat to the Sleat Peninsula of Skye and the Isle of Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Commentary. This deep, ice-gouged channel separates several key Inner Hebridean islands from the mountainous mainland. Here, in early evening, the sun pierces through a scattered cloud cover, to beam brilliantly off this slender arm of the ocean. Sunsets and sunrises, supplemented by sunbeams through the ether, constantly give this western seaboard an ethereal, mystical and unique quality- certainly, one of the most amazing coastlines in the world!
23-Apr-88 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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Mesmerising light. View south from the mouth of Loch Hourn, with broken cloud. The Sound of Sleat to the Sleat Peninsula of Skye and the Isle of Eigg, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Commentary. This deep, ice-gouged channel separates several key Inner Hebridean islands from the mountainous mainland. Here, in early evening, the sun pierces through a scattered cloud cover, to beam brilliantly off this slender arm of the ocean. Sunsets and sunrises, supplemented by sunbeams through the ether, constantly give this western seaboard an ethereal, mystical and unique quality- certainly, one of the most amazing coastlines in the world!
23-Apr-88 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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"Ring of Bright Water." Spring sunset down the Sound of Sleat to the Isle of Eigg. This image is taken from near to the Sandaig Islands where Gavin Maxwell wrote about his life here with otters, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Commentary. This deep, ice-gouged channel separates several key Inner Hebridean islands from the mountainous mainland. Here, in late morning, the sun pierces through a scattered cloud cover, to beam brilliantly off this slender arm of the ocean. Sunsets and sunrises, supplemented by sunbeams through the ether, constantly give this western seaboard an ethereal, mystical and unique quality- certainly, one of the most amazing coastlines in the world!
23-Apr-88 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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The glorious sea-loch or fjord Loch Hourn in early summer. One of three peaks that make up Beinn Sgritheall is on the left, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Commentary. Stately in its grandeur, noble slopes rising over a thousand metres are wintery, even in mid-April. This incredibly indented coastline boasts sea-loch after sea-loch, fjord after fjord. Vistas are inevitably enhanced by the vibrant colours that Scotland affords. Here, iconic silver birch, pine, and gorse provide a rich foreground. Such deep inlets can weave their way twenty, thirty, forty and fifty miles inland. Roads and settlements are infrequent. Much of the land between these sea-invaded glacial valleys is remote, grand and unspoiled. Beinn Sgritheall and Kinlochhourn Forest, in shot, is remote, wild and beautiful. Thus, its mystery, sanctity, raw appeal and utter serenity is preciously guarded.
07-May-81 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.