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Attadale (
Attadale (Gaelic
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: ''Attadal'' ) is a settlement and estate in Wester Ross
Wester Ross () is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland. The area is loosely defined, and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right, but is generally regarded as lying to the ...
, in the Highland
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council area of Scotland
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. It is on the southern shore of Loch Carron
Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh peninsula from the Applecross peninsula, and from the Stomeferry headland east of Loch K ...
, between the villages of Stromeferry and Strathcarron.
It is served by Attadale railway station
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on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line.
The Attadale Estate covers an area of , extending as far east as Loch Monar. Mountains within the estate include two Munros - Lurg Mhòr and Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich - as well as one Corbett - Beinn Dronaig.
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