Places on the Line of the County Road through Gairloch Parish
and on the continuations to Railway Stations.
Achnasheen Station | 0 |
Luibmhor | 4 |
Kenlochewe | 10 |
Tagan Farm | 11½ |
Ru Nohar Pier | 12 |
Grudidh Bridge | 15½ |
Talladale (Loch Maree Hotel) | 19½ |
Victoria Falls | 21 |
Slatadale | 21½ |
Kerry Falls | 25 |
Kerrysdale | 27 |
Charlestown | 28½ |
Gairloch Hotel | 29½ |
Achtercairn | 30 |
Tollie Farm Road | 34½ |
Croft, or Cruive End | 35 |
Poolewe | 35½ |
Inverewe | 36½ |
Tournaig | 38 |
Drumchork | 42½ |
Aultbea | 43 |
Laide House | 45 |
Sand of Udrigil | 45½ |
First Coast | 47 |
Second Coast | 47½ |
Little Gruinard | 49 |
Meikle Gruinard River | 50½ |
Gruinard House | 51¼ |
Dundonell Inn | 61 |
Fain, or Feithean Inn | 69 |
Braemore Junction | 76 |
Garve Station | 95 |
The short piece of road between the ford and ferry on the Meikle Gruinard river and the commencement of the county road near Gruinard House is very rough, but can be traversed by carriages.
The places printed in italics are outside the parish of Gairloch.
Places on the Road from Kenlochewe to Torridon.
Kenlochewe Hotel | 0 |
Loch Clair | 4 |
Bridge on the "burn of the Great Black Corrie" | 6½ |
Torridon village | 11 |
Torridon House | 13 |
This road is within the parish of Gairloch only for the first six miles after leaving Kenlochewe, the places printed in italics are therefore outside the parish.
The road beyond the village of Torridon is the private approach to Torridon House.
Places on the Road on the South Side of Gairloch (the Sea Loch).
Gairloch Hotel | 0 |
Charlestown | 1 |
Kerrysdale | 2½ |
Shieldaig | 4 |
Badachro | 7 |
Port-Henderson | 8½ |
Openham, or Opinan | 9½ |
South Erradale | 10½ |
Point, or Red Point | 13 |
The road is not passable for carriages beyond South Erradale, but its continuation is a good foot or bridle road.
Places on the Road to the North of Gairloch (the Sea Loch),
being the South and West Sides of the North Point.
Gairloch Hotel | 0 |
Achtercairn | 0½ |
Strath, or Smithstown | 1½ |
Lonmor | 2 |
Carn Dearg House | 3½ |
Little Sand | 4 |
Big Sand | 4½ |
North Erradale | 6½ |
Altgreshan | 10 |
Melvaig | 11 |
Places on the Road along the West Side of Loch Ewe.
Poolewe Inn | 0 |
Boor | 1 |
Naast | 3 |
Inverasdale (Midton) | 4 |
Do. (Coast) | 5 |
Do. (Firemore) | 6½ |
Meallan na Ghamhna (Stirkhill) | 7½ |
Cove | 9 |
The road will not do for carriages beyond Stirkhill, but its continuation is an excellent foot or bridle road.
Places on the Private Road from Poolewe to Fionn Loch.
Poolewe Inn | 0 |
Inveran Farm | 2 |
Inveran Bridge | 2½ |
Kernsary | 3½ |
Fionn Loch | 6 |
The road beyond the Inveran Bridge is kept strictly private, and the gate there is locked.
Places on the Road North of Aultbea
to the East of Loch Ewe,
being on the West Side of the Greenstone Point.
Aultbea | 0 |
Aird House | 0½ |
Buaile na luib | 1 |
Ormiscaig | 2 |
Mellon Charles | 3 |
The road beyond Aird House is not a good carriage road.
Places on the Road North of Laide,
on the East Side of the Greenstone Point,
starting from Aultbea.
Aultbea | 0 |
Laide Village | 2 |
Udrigil House | 3½ |
Mellon Udrigil | 5 |
The road beyond Laide is rough, but passable by carriages.
Those wishing to visit the places on the shores of Loch Ewe and to the north and east of Aultbea are recommended to stay at the Poolewe Hotel. The distances of the above-named places from Poolewe may be calculated by adding 7½ miles to the distance as stated from Aultbea.
Distances of Places on Loch Maree
accessible by means of the Steamer from Tollie Pier.
Tollie Pier | 0 |
Ardlair (by signal) | 2½ |
Talladale (Loch Maree Hotel) | 6 |
Letterewe | 9 |
Ru Nohar | 14 |
A special trip of the steamer may at any time in summer be arranged (at an hour not to interfere with her regular trips) to convey a party direct from Tollie Pier to Ru Nohar or vice versÂ. In that case the distance between the two extremities of the voyage measures exactly twelve miles.
Distances of Places (accessible by Road) from the Gairloch Hotel.
Achnasheen | 29½ |
Achtercairn | 0½ |
Aird House, near Aultbea | 14 |
Altgreshan | 10 |
Aultbea | 13½ |
Badachro | 7 |
Big Sand | 4½ |
Boor | 7 |
Buaile na luib | 14½ |
Carn Dearg House | 3½ |
Charlestown | 1 |
Cove | 15 |
Croft, or Cruive End | 5½ |
Drumchork | 13 |
Fionn Loch (private road) | 12 |
First Coast | 17½ |
Grudidh Bridge | 14 |
Inveran Bridge | 8½ |
Inveran Farm | 8 |
Inverasdale (Midton) | 10 |
Do. (Coast) | 11 |
Do. (Firemore) | 12½ |
Inverewe | 7 |
Kenlochewe | 19½ |
Kernsary (private road) | 9½ |
Kerry Falls | 4½ |
Kerrysdale | 2½ |
Laide House | 15½ |
Laide Village | 16 |
Little Gruinard | 19½ |
Little Sand | 4 |
Loch Clair | 23½ |
Lonmor | 2 |
Meallan na Ghamhna (Stirkhill) | 13½ |
Mellon Charles | 16½ |
Mellon Udrigil | 19 |
Melvaig | 11 |
Naast | 9 |
North Erradale | 6½ |
Openham, or Opinan | 9½ |
Ormiscaig | 15½ |
Poolewe Bridge | 6 |
Port-Henderson | 8½ |
Ru Nohar Pier | 17½ |
Sand of Udrigil | 16½ |
Second Coast | 18 |
Shieldaig | 4 |
Slatadale | 8 |
South Erradale | 10½ |
Strath, or Smithstown | 1½ |
Tagan Farm | 18 |
Talladale (Loch Maree Hotel) | 10 |
Tollie Farm Road | 5 |
Tollie Pier | 6 |
Torridon Village | 30½ |
Tournaig | 8½ |
Udrigil House | 17½ |
Victoria Falls | 8½ |