Loch Duich from Kintail Hotel

Loch Duich from Kintail Hotel

ID: QZP40_CARD_0744 DESCRIPTION: View of Loch Duich from the Kintail Lodge Hotel in West Ross. The hotel stands by the foot of the mountain peaks known as 'The Five Sisters' and is a conversion of a Victorian Highland shooting lodge. The original Gaelic name for the Five Sisters is A’ Bheinn Mhòr (The Big Hill). Loch Duich is a sea loch that travels south east from the village of Dornie and leads into the Kyle of Loch Alsh, before flowing into the open sea. The loch is most famous for having Eilean Donan Castle situated at its mouth PLACENAME: Shiel Bridge; Loch Duich OLD COUNTY/PARISH: ROSS PERIOD: 1940s; 1950s SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Highland Libraries' Postcard Collection Asset ID: 32663 KEYWORDS: