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 ...
,
Sutherland
Sutherland () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Scandinavian Scotland, Viking era when t ...
, Scotland.
Geography
Calbha Mòr lies north of the
Kylesku
Kylesku () is a fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. It takes its name from Caolas Cumhann (pronounced "Kyles Cuan"), Gaelic for "narrow strait", which is the channel just to the we ...
Bridge and west of the Duartmore Forest, in a location that is relatively inaccessible from the A894 road. It covers
[ and comprises two rounded hills, the higher of which reaches .][
It is separated from its smaller neighbour, Calbha Beag, by a channel deep. Calbha Beag is in area.][
The sheltered Bàgh Chalbha lies to the east and a major fish escape from a fish farm took place here in 2003."Mass escape of fake salmon in North West Sutherland"]
Steelheader Magazine. Retrieved 15 Dec 2011.
Notes
References
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Islands of Sutherland
Tidal islands of Scotland
Uninhabited islands of Highland (council area)
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