Kinlochewe

On the Moine Thrust

Sitting on the junction of roads to Gairloch, Torridon, Achnasheen and Dingwall at the end of Loch Maree at the joining of three distinct Glens of Glen Torridon, Glen Docherty and Glen Cruaidhchoillie, and the Loch Maree basin, Kinlochewe is a quiet but thriving village.

Combined with Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve full of exciting wildlife both many and varied next door, and the Kinlochewe Forest and the famous Torridon mountains all around, the area is breathtaking and a very popular spot for nature lovers and climbers, with the beautiful and majestic array of Beinn Alligin at 3,235 feet, Sgurr Mhor Tom Na Gruagaich at 3,025 feet, Laithach at 3,1461 feet, Beinn Eighe at 3,314 feet and Slioch at 3,215 feet, it is easy to see the attraction of this ancient land where the Glacial erosion shaped this much varied and beautiful landscape to what we see today in all its splendour.

There is clear evidence of a distant and historic past in such things as a Carved Stone Ball found at Bruachaig, and Hut Circle Platforms, Cairns, Ancient graveyards and old Sheep Fanks and so on, and Loch Maree was once a centre of Iron Age Industry, and may well have been the birthplace of Scotland’s Iron and Steel Industry, it is thought the first Furnace or Bloomay was set up in 1607.

Travel across country was slow over the years, but eventually by coaches, and many of the current Hotels were staging posts, now pockets of paradise to pamper your needs.

Christianity arrived in the area with St Maelrubha, who established himself on the Isle of Maree on Loch Maree, where there are still some Oak trees, the sacred trees of the Druids, and ruins of an early Chapel.

Please note the Islands are under the protection of the Nature Conservancy, and permission must be sought before attempting to land on them.