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8789 Eilean Rarsaidh
Bagged before Rob Woodall with Adrian via Minto's boat. Beautiful bluebells & wild garlic on island. Had a walk around the 3 tops to take in the views. Thanks JWu. Name:Eilean Rarsaidh Hill number:8789 Height:35m / 115ft Parent (Ma):none RHB Section:10A: Glen Shiel to Loch Hourn and Loch Quoich County/UA:Highland (UA) Island:Mono Tump island Maritime area:Ardnamurchan to Sound of Sleat Class:Tump (0-99m), SIB Grid ref:NG 81104 11581 Summit feature:no feature Drop:35m Col:Sea
27-May-23 • Dugswell2 • flickr
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Morning sun gleams from the surface of Loch Hourn, a sea-loch/fjord, looking through the pine forest of its northern shore, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Refracted morning sun gleams silver off the western reaches of Loch Hourn on the beautiful West Coast of Scotland. Fjord-like sea-lochs abound, drowned glacial valleys, mellowed over thousands of years by warmer, temperate conditions. Now shrouded in grass, heather, fern, gorse, broom and pine forest, such green and yellow glades are topped by the bare-rock remnants of a former ice-scoured past. Here looking east, the risen sun delineates mountain and pine in a pleasing glimpse, from a steep northern shore. Loch Hourn – a wildly impressive meeting-point of sea and Highland, at their best.
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
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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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8789 Eilean Rarsaidh
Bagged before Rob Woodall with Adrian via Minto's boat. Beautiful bluebells & wild garlic on island. Had a walk around the 3 tops to take in the views. Thanks JWu. Name:Eilean Rarsaidh Hill number:8789 Height:35m / 115ft Parent (Ma):none RHB Section:10A: Glen Shiel to Loch Hourn and Loch Quoich County/UA:Highland (UA) Island:Mono Tump island Maritime area:Ardnamurchan to Sound of Sleat Class:Tump (0-99m), SIB Grid ref:NG 81104 11581 Summit feature:no feature Drop:35m Col:Sea
27-May-23 • Dugswell2 • flickr
eileanrarsaidhferry eileanrarsaidh p35 sib tump 52990635221
Morning sun gleams from the surface of Loch Hourn, a sea-loch/fjord, looking through the pine forest of its northern shore, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
Poem. Refracted morning sun gleams silver off the western reaches of Loch Hourn on the beautiful West Coast of Scotland. Fjord-like sea-lochs abound, drowned glacial valleys, mellowed over thousands of years by warmer, temperate conditions. Now shrouded in grass, heather, fern, gorse, broom and pine forest, such green and yellow glades are topped by the bare-rock remnants of a former ice-scoured past. Here looking east, the risen sun delineates mountain and pine in a pleasing glimpse, from a steep northern shore. Loch Hourn – a wildly impressive meeting-point of sea and Highland, at their best.
13-Apr-09 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
53518603645
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
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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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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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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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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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Videos
Walking part of the coastal path from Corran, by Arnisdale, Loch Hourn to the headland at Rubha Camas na Cailinn on 21.10.20.
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.