Ardvreck Castle
The ruin of a 1490s Macleod tower house on a promontory in Loch Assynt, where…
Attractions in Assynt.
Castles, ruins, historic houses and museums across Scotland, each marked for whether it earns the entry fee. Heart anything and it keeps for your trip.
Achmelvich Coast Walk, Assynt · a.poll_o
Assynt
A wild corner of Sutherland of lochs, moorland and strange lone mountains, part…
Hermit's Castle
A tiny concrete 'castle' built on a rocky headland at Achmelvich in 1950, long…
Kylesku Bridge
A graceful curved concrete bridge of 1984 over the narrows at Kylesku, one of…
Sandwood Bay
A remote sweep of pale sand near Cape Wrath, guarded by the sea stack Am…
The Bone Caves
Four caves high in a limestone crag above Inchnadamph, where the bones of…
Achmelvich Coast Walk
Small white-sand beaches in rocky coves near Lochinver, with a path along the…
Clashnessie
A crofting township on the Stoer coast north of Lochinver, with a sandy bay, a…
Falls of Shin
A waterfall on the River Shin near Lairg where salmon leap in summer, with…
Ferrycroft Visitor Centre
A free visitor centre by Loch Shin in Lairg, with displays on water, land and…
Handa Island
A small island with seabird cliffs on its north and west sides. You can reach…
Lairg
A small village at the foot of Loch Shin, the crossroads of the far north, with…
Loch Shin
The largest loch in Sutherland, running 17 miles north-west from Lairg into the…
Stoer Lighthouse
A Stevenson lighthouse of 1870 on the cliffs of the Stoer peninsula, at the end…
The Wee Hoose
A tiny white cottage on an islet in Little Loch Shin at Lairg, made for the…
The largest loch in Sutherland, running 17 miles north-west from Lairg into the hills, and the reservoir of the most northerly hydro scheme in Britain.From our write-up of Loch Shin
