Calbha Mòr is a tidal islet in
Eddrachillis Bay
Eddrachillis Bay (Scottish Gaelic: Eadar Dà Chaolas- "between two kyles", Kylesku and Laxford) is a bay on the north-west coast of Sutherland, Scotland. It lies north of Assynt and is at the mouth of the Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin, also known as ...
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Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire ( ...
, Scotland.
Geography
Calbha Mòr lies north of the
Kylesku
Kylesku ( gd, An Caolas Cumhang) is a small, remote fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry.
Village
Kylesku is located where Loch Glencoul and Loch Gleann Dubh join to form a sea pas ...
Bridge and west of the Duartmore forest in a location that is relatively inaccessible from the A894 road. It is
[ in area and comprises two rounded hills, the higher of which reaches .][
It is separated from its smaller neighbour, ]Calbha Beag
Calbha Beag is an uninhabited island in Eddrachillis Bay, off Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is immediately to the west of Calbha Mor.
An estimate of the area from Ordnance Survey
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, by a channel deep. Calbha Beag is in area.[
The sheltered Bàgh Chalbha lies to the east and a large escape of fish from a fish farm here took place in 2003."Mass escape of fake salmon in North West Sutherland"]
Steelheader Magazine. Retrieved 15 Dec 2011.
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References
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Islands of Sutherland
Tidal islands of Scotland
Uninhabited islands of Highland (council area)
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