Gairloch - The Sands

Gairloch - The Sands

ID: QZP40_CARD_0498 DESCRIPTION: At the far end of the beach is the old burial ground. Nearby is a hollow known as Leabaidh-na-Ba-Baine - the bed of the white cow. It is a nearly perfect, natural, oval depression but tradition has it that it was created by Fingal as a bed where his cow could calve. It could hold up to two thousand people and was used for Church services and by visiting preachers. To the left, above the shore, is the Free Church and behind it the Gairloch Hotel. PLACENAME: Gairloch OLD COUNTY/PARISH: ROSS PERIOD: 1930s; 1940s SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Highland Libraries' Postcard Collection Asset ID: 32425 KEYWORDS: