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A typical Wester Ross view with crowded mountains and lochs slicing through them for many miles inland, this view was taken from the hill Creag nan Garadh above Plockton looking more or less due east along the length of Loch Carron.
In the foreground can be seen Duncraig Castle just jutting up from the far side of the tree covered peninsula. This was originally build in the 1860's as a grand baronial home. Since the death of the original builder, Sir Alexander Matheson, it has served a variety of purposes, including a naval hospital and a domestic science college. The castle is now privately owned once again and is available as accommodation for visitors who would enjoy the experience of living in a castle.
In this image Loch Carron appears to split in two, but the loch apparently running off to the right is just a bay, while Loch Carron actually continues to the left in this photograph, eventually ending at Strathcarron. The West Highland railway runs right along the southern shore of this loch (right), and if you peer at the larger image you may just be able to make out the station at Duncraig down at the shore of the tree covered peninsula (to the right of a small island). This makes this part of the West Highlands easily accessible even to those without a car.
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