Gairloch Burial Ground

Attribution: unknown (Rifle target butts at Gairloch)

Old Churchyard, Gairloch


Situated near golf course and adjoining public car park. The pre-Reformation church of Gairloch, which stood in the burial ground, was dedicated to St. Maelrubha.

Old churchyard and chapel, Gairloch.
Old Churchyard, Gairloch

Attribution: unknown

New churchyard, Gairloch

New churchyard, Gairloch (situated beside the Church of Scotland).

New churchyard, Gairloch

Attribution: unknown

William Ross Memorial Stone

Known as “The Gairloch Bard”, born Broadford, Skye in 1762. The monument was erected in 1850. The monument bears inscriptions in Gaelic and English. He died in 1790, aged 28 years.

William Ross Memorial Stone

Attribution: unknown

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Badachro jetty
Badachro jetty
Badachro jetty. Build about 1840 in association with Badachro House (a former merchant's house).
Gairloch Pier
Gairloch Pier
Gairloch Pier Gairloch Pier with three fishing boats anchored alongside. In the background are the Torridon Mountains, with the peaks of Baosbheinn and Ben Alligin left and right.
Jetties in front of Aird House
Jetties in front of Aird House
Jetties in front of Aird House The jetties, apart from their normal use in loading and unloading goods, were used on Sundays to enable people from Port Henderson, Opinan and so on to embark on the boat taking them across Gairloch to church when the tide prevented the use of the main jetty beside Badachro Inn.
Port na Moine, Badachro
Port na Moine, Badachro
Port na Moine, Badachro Originally the port for handling peat. This with its large jetty and associated house was the property of the Stornoway Fishing Co., built in the late 1800's at the time of the herring boom.
Road from Melvaig to Rhu Reidh lighthouse.
Road from Melvaig to Rhu Reidh lighthouse.
Road from Melvaig to Rhu Reidh lighthouse. The last house in Melvaig can be seen on the left of the photograph.
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