Mountains & hills · Scottish Highlands
Loch Ewe
Loch Ewe — sea loch in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Loch Ewe is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "sea loch in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 57.8369°, -5.6122°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Loch Ewe (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Iùbh) is a sea loch in the region of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig-speaking people living in or sustained by crofting villages, the most notable of which, situated on the north-eastern shore, is the Aultbea settlement.
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Background
History
Due to the rugged and inaccessible terrain in which it is located, Loch Ewe has always been an assembly point for maritime trade. Around 1610 the area at the head of Loch Ewe, today known as Poolewe, was urbanised around an iron furnace using charcoal produced in the surrounding woodlands for fuel. English ironmasters found it more economic to ship the ore to Poolewe for smelting than to ship the processed charcoal to England to run furnaces there. The crofting villages which were established in the 1840s, as a result of the local parish's estate being reformed from run-rig to fixed holdings properties, were always quite small. Bualnaliub, nine miles (fifteen kilometres) to the north of…
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- Coordinates
- 57.8369, -5.6122
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- IV22 2JW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Sources
- wikidata: Q4354551 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Loch Ewe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Loch Ewe.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Loch Ewe?
- Loch Ewe is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode IV22 2JW).
- Is Loch Ewe free to visit?
- Yes, Loch Ewe is free to enter.
- How do I get to Loch Ewe?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IV22 2JW. It sits within the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross parliamentary constituency.