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I was in Plockton with family and while they decided to go to a local hotel for refreshments I decided the light was too good to be stuck indoors. I walked down to the bottom of Innes street to reach Harbour Street knowing that from there excellent views over Loch Carron can usually be found.
The sun was low leaving the crags facing Plockton in deep shadow, but some light was just catching Duncraig Castle on the lower ground beneath the crags.
I have promised myself that one day I will take the walk to the top of these crags (Creag an Duilisg) from which I believe magnificent panoramas can be obtained. The walk to the crags starts at Loch Achaidh na h-Inich and for details obtain the excellent guide entitled "Walks Around Plockton'" from 'The Studio' in Plockton's Innes Street.
North-west Highland Place Names
The landscape of the North-west Highlands and the Gaelic language are intimately connected. Other languages have contributed to the richness of our place names, notably Norse, but the North-west Highlands have for centuries been a Gaelic landscape. In listing the meanings of place names I have relied on authoritative sources wherever possible. For further information about sources please refer to North-west Highland Place Names in the main menu.
Duncraig; From the Gaelic Dùn Creige meaning ‘castle rock’ or ‘castle cliff’. The old name was am Fasadh, ‘the dwelling’.
Loch Achaidh na h-Inich; I have found no sources providing a meaning for the name of this loch. However achaidh is Gaelic for field and h-Inich can mean ‘solitary place’, or ‘moor’, or ‘mountain top’. I would suggest that due to loch’s location on high ground near the crags overlooking Duncraig castle that ‘moor’ or ‘solitary place' are the more appropriate.
Loch Carron; Named after the River Carron which enters this sea loch after a course through Glen-carron and Strath-carron. In Gaelic it is Loch Carran, Carrann meaning ‘rough’. The root is kars-, rough, as seen in
Plockton; The Gaelic name is Ploc Loch Aillse meaning ‘the lump of Lochalsh’ this due to the humpy promontory which ends in Rudha-mór.
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