Kylesku

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Kylesku
Kylesku is located in Scotland
Kylesku
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58°15′20″N 5°01′03″W / 58.25554°N 5.01743°W / 58.25554; -5.01743Coordinates: 58°15′20″N 5°01′03″W / 58.25554°N 5.01743°W / 58.25554; -5.01743

Kylesku (Scots Gaelic: An Caolas Cumhang) is a wee, remote fishing clachan in Sutherland in the Scots Hielands.[1] Till 1984, it wis the site o a free ferry.

Clachan[eedit | eedit soorce]

Kylesku is locatit whaure Loch Glencoul an Loch Gleann Dubh jyne tae form a sea passage Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin whit links tae Eddrachillis Bay. It is in the Scots cooncil area o Hieland.

The clachan stretches back alang the road frae the slipwey that uised tae be the soothren end o the ferry crossin. The noo bi-passed bi the main road carried ower the brig, the Kylesku Hotel owerlooks the slipwey.[2] Nearby is Eas a' Chual Aluinn, Britain's highest watterfaw. This can be veesited on a boat trip abuird Rachael Clare.[2]

  1. Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Kylesku". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 9 Mairch 2019.
  2. a b "Kylesku". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 19 September 2009.