ID:QZP40_CARD_1094DESCRIPTION:A view of the Kinlochewe Hotel and Beinn Eighe. The hotel was built around 1800, with the purpose of providing accommodation for those travelling along the nearby drove road. The hotel is still in business today.
Beinn Eighe forms part of the Beinn Eighe mountain range and the Torridon Hills or mountains, one of the highest ranges of peaks in Britain.The Torridon Hills are made from a type of sandstone known as Torridonian sandstone and are named Liathach, Beinn Eighe, Beinn Alligin and Beinn Dearg. Liathach is the highest of the hills and rises 3500 feet from the sea lochs.
The Beinn Eighe range can be found on the north side of Glen Torridon and covers a distance of over 10km. Two of the peaks are classified as Munros. In 1951, the Beinn Eighe range became the first Nature Reserve of Great Britain.PLACENAME:KinlocheweDISTRICT:GairlochOLD COUNTY/PARISH:ROSS: GairlochCREATOR (AV):J Valentine & Co.SOURCE:Highland LibrariesCOLLECTION:Highland Libraries' Postcard CollectionAsset ID:33014KEYWORDS:
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