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Eilean Nan Mhuilchean, Crannog

📷 Alan Reid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Dogs welcome

Getting here

57.07769, -4.87772

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Siskin +25 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Siskin +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Dandelion, Bracken, Wood Sage +77 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Dandelion, Bracken, Wood Sage +77 more · last seen 2018

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Plants — Dandelion, Hybrid Oak, Chickweed Wintergreen +6 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser +5 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Four-spotted Chaser +5 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Great Glen Way - Slighe a' Ghlinne MhòirWalking route120 km

A waymarked route (75 m/120 km) from Fort William (leaving behind Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis) to Inverness, the Highlands capital. It follows a great geological fault and sections of Thomas Telford’s historic Caledonian Canal.

Named routeLength 120 kmNational walking route
Cape Wrath Trail (Fort William → Invergarry → Morvich)Walking route

unmarked

Named routeNational walking route
Great Glen Way Low RouteWalking route
Named routeNational walking route
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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 78 (north)Cycling route
Named routeRef 78National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route374 m
Named routeRef 78Length 374 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.6 km
Named routeRef 78Length 6.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route24 m
Named routeRef 78Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route20 m
Named routeRef 78Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km
Named routeRef 78Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Scotland TrailMountain bike route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Highland Trail 550Mountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Garbh Eilean, Loch Garry

📷 Alan Reid · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Garbh Eilean, Loch Garry

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✦Rokeby ManorHistoric site3.7 km→✦Eilean Nan Mhuilchean, CrannogHistoric site900 m→✦Eilean Mhic Raonuill, CrannogHistoric site4.4 km→

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