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APPENDIX 2: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS

Appendix 2: Environmental Constraints Page 1

Appendix 2: Environmental Constraints

Section 1 Environmental Constraints

Designation / Feature

Name Key Features

SAC Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan Common Seal (Phoca vitulina).

SAC Sligachan Peatlands Blanket bog.

Depressions on peat substrates.

Wet heathland with cross-leaved heath.

Clear water lakes or lochs with aquatic vegetation and poor to moderate nutrient levels.

Very wet mires often identified by an unstable ‘quaking’ surface.

SPA Cuillins Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos).

SSSI (biological)

Allt Grillan Gorge Upland mixed ash woodland.

SSSI (geological)

An Cleireach Tertiary igneous intrusion geological feature.

SSSI (mixed) Cuillins Tertiary and quaternary geological features.

Fens.

Upland bog and heath habitats.

Upland birch woodland.

Bryophyte assemblages.

Vascular plant assemblages.

SSSI (geological)

Roineval Tertiary igneous geological feature.

SSSI (biological)

Sligachan Blanket bog

Dystrophic and oligotrophic lochs

Vascular plant assemblage

Priority Peatland

N/A Extensively across Section 1 areas identified as Class 1 peatland.

GCR An Cleireach Excellent example of a coarse gabbroic-anorthosite (allivalite) sheet cutting the main Skye Main Lava Series.

GCR Cuillin Hills [Quaternary of Scotland] Geological importance from the Quarternary period.

GCR Roineval The site contains an excellent example of a composite mugearite flow with an aphyric lower member and a strongly feldspar-phyric upper part.

GCR Ros a Mheallain The site contains excellent examples of trachyte, mugearite and benmoreite which are some of the most chemically evolved lavas in the Skye Main Lava Series.

NSA The Cuillin Hills Relevant Special Qualities comprise:

Magnificent mountain scenery;

The surrounding wild landscape, a fitting foil for the mountains;

Iconic images of crofting townships with dramatic backdrops;

The Cuillin Ridge, a landmark throughout the northwest.

WLA 22. Duirinish Wild coastline and moorland with isolated peaks.

WLA 23. Cuillin Dramatic elevated wild landscapes, mountain peaks and summits and uninhabited valleys.

SLA Greshornish Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Rugged peninsula of impressive coastal cliffs.

Extensive coastal views. Relevant Special Qualities:

Contrasting Geology, Enclosure and Exposure of coastal landscapes;

Historic Landscape of prehistoric and medieval features.

SLA North West Skye Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Varied, rugged and intricate coastline


Extensive stepped moorland interior;

Frequent large-scale panoramic views

Coastal and moorland crofting settlements. Relevant Special Qualities:

Dynamic coastline of sea stacks, bays and wild coast;

Distinctive terrain;

Crofting landscapes.

SLA Trotternish and Tianavaig Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Well-defined spine-like ridge crest with steep escarpment.

Settled coastal fringe.

Coastline or steep cliffs, gentle gradients and small headlands.

Relevant Special Qualities:

Dynamic Landslip Character;

Ridgeline Spine and Coastal Fringe;

Historic landscape of prehistoric settlement

GDL Dunvegan Castle Early 19th

Century designed landscape of woodland, formal garden, walled garden, and water garden associated with Dunvegan Castle.

SM Struanmore, chambered cairn 800m SW of Struan Primary School

A circular chambered cairn, a funerary and ritual monument dating from the Neolithic period (c.4000-2000 BC).

SM Dun Beag, cairn 100m SSW of, Struan Comprising the Iron Age broch of Dun Beag, which is in state care, and a surrounding complex of remains.

SM Sligachan Hotel, two bridges Removed due to dual designation

SM Dun Feorlig,broch 230m NNE of Feorlig Farm

Broch

SM Ardmore, chapel & burial ground 230m SW of

Chapel and burial ground

SM Dun Neill, dun 420m SW of Ardmore Dun

SM Dun SM Osdale, broch 850m N of Osdale

Broch

SM Clach Ard, symbol stone, Tote, Carbost

Symbol stone

SM Skeabost Island, St Columba's Church & other ecclesiastical remains

Monastic settlement

SM Ullinish Lodge, chambered cairn, Bracadale

Chambered cairn

SM Dun Mor, fort, Struanmore Fort

SM Ullinish, fort, Bracadale Fort

SM Dun Garsin, broch, Bracadale Broch

SM Dun Fiadhairt, broch Broch

SM Annait, monastic settlement on W bank of Bay River

Monastic settlement

SM Barpannan, two chambered cairns, Vatten Duirinish

Chambered cairns

SM Knock Ullinish, souterrain Comprising the remains of a souterrain, a rectangular building, and a circular structure. The souterrain dates from the later prehistoric or early historic period (c. 500 BC-AD 500) and would have served as a storage chamber for perishable goods.

SM Dun Ardtreck, galleried dun, Skye Remains of a galleried dun or semi-broch on Ardtreck Point

SM St Mary's Church and Burial Ground, Dunvegan

A post-Reformation parish church and burial ground with medieval features

SM Dun Beag, broch and surrounding structures, Struan, Skye.

Comprising the Iron Age broch of Dun Beag, which is in state care, and a surrounding complex of remains.

Listed Building

Duirinish Parish Church Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Dunvegan Castle Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Dunvegan Castle, Laundry Category A Listed Building


Listed Building

Dunvegan Castle, Bridge Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Various Buildings located around Portree, Dunvegan, Bracadale and Skeabost

28 Category B Listed Buildings

Listed Building

Various Buildings located around Portree, Dunvegan, Bracadale and Skeabost

21 Category C Listed Buildings

Conservation Area

Portree Harbour and town centre




Name Key Features

SAC Strath Two lime-rich lochs

The surroundings encompass the most extensive exposure of Durness limestone in Britain. The component lochs represent high-quality hard-water, oligotrophic habitat with water clear to the bottom of the lochs at 4 m depth.

One of four sites representing low-altitude Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands in north-west Scotland

Low-altitude Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Limestone pavements

SAC Sligachan Peatlands Blanket bog.

Depressions on peat substrates.

Wet heathland with cross-leaved heath.

Clear water lakes or lochs with aquatic vegetation and poor to moderate nutrient levels.

Very wet mires often identified by an unstable ‘quaking’ surface.


SSSI (mixed) Cuillins Tertiary and quaternary geological features.

Fens.

Upland bog and heath habitats.

Upland birch woodland.

Bryophyte assemblages.

Vascular plant assemblages.

SSSI (geological)

Eyre Point Part of the British Permian – Triassic represented by continental ‘red bed’ sediments.

SSSI (geological)

Meall a' Mhaoil Designated for igneous petrology (tertiary igneous)

SSSI (mixed) Raasay Lower Jurassic stratigraphy

SSSI (mixed) Strath The site is of international and national importance for its wide range of limestone and limestone influenced habitats which has created exceptional ecological diversity.

Priority Peatland

N/A Various areas of Class 1 and 2 peatland, intermittently through Section 2.

GCR Beinn an Dubhaich Spectacular calc-silicate and skarn mineral assemblages are developed in carbonate sediments at the granite contacts, along with a limited development of alkali granite.

GCR Coire Uaigneich The distinctive mineralogy of the Coire Uaigneich granophyre indicates that it crystallized under shallow, near-surface conditions and its bulk composition shows that it received a substantial contribution from the Torridonian sediments. It is the only sizeable granitic intrusion belonging to the Cuillin centre and it is older than the other Skye granites.

GCR Cuillin Hills [Quaternary of Scotland] Geological importance from the Quarternary period.

GCR Cuillin Hills [Tertiary Igneous] Excellent exposure of a wide variety of arcuate ultrabasic and gabbroic intrusions. The site is the best area in the British Tertiary Volcanic Province where the roots of a major volcanic complex may be examined in detail.

GCR Eyre Point Part of the British Permian – Triassic represented by continental ‘red bed’ sediments.

GCR Kilchrist [Tertiary Igneous] Excellent examples of ignimbrites, tuffs and rhyolite flows are interbedded with agglomerates. The lava flows and volcaniclastic rocks are preserved in a downfaulted block bounded by a ring-dyke of hybrid (mixed-magma) rocks and the Beinn na Caillich Granite.

GCR Maol na Gainmhich Closely related to the Marsco site (see below). The Marsco and Mheall a' Mhaoil sites are dominated by various granite


and felsite intrusions which belong to the Western Red Hills centre.

GCR Marsco The Marsco site is dominated by various granite and felsite intrusions which belong to the Western Red Hills centre. The Marsco site provides key evidence from a variety of contacts for the relative ages of several of the superimposed granite intrusions forming the Western Red Hills centre.

NSA The Cuillin Hills Relevant Special Qualities comprise:

Magnificent mountain scenery;

The surrounding wild landscape, a fitting foil for the mountains;

Iconic images of crofting townships with dramatic backdrops;

The Cuillin Ridge, a landmark throughout the northwest.

WLA 23. Cuillin Dramatic elevated wild landscapes, mountain peaks and summits and uninhabited valleys.

SLA Trotternish and Tianavaig Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Well-defined spine-like ridge crest with steep escarpment.

Settled coastal fringe.

Coastline or steep cliffs, gentle gradients and small headlands.

Relevant Special Qualities:

Dynamic Landslip Character;

Ridgeline Spine and Coastal Fringe;

Historic landscape of prehistoric settlement

SM Cave of Oars, souterrain 250m SE of Raasay House

The monument consists of the remains of a souterrain, an artificial cave known as the "Cave of Oars"

SM Raasay House, St Maol-Luag's Chapel, 110m NE of

Chapel

SM Raasay House, cross slab NNW of Cross slab

SM Clach Oscar, shielings W of Group of sheilings

SM Raasay House, cross-incised slab & battery 310m SW of, Raasay

A Chi-Rho cross incised on to the rock face of a rocky outcrop, and a Napoleonic Wars battery at Churchton Bay, Raasay.

SM Dunan an Aisilidh, dun,An Aird Dun

SM Dun Borodale, dun 160m WSW of Old Free Church Manse, Raasay

Dun

SM Inverarish, iron ore mine, kilns and associated remains, Raasay

Remains of an ironstone mine and processing complex

Listed Building

Raasay, Raasay House, Walled Garden

Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Raasay, Raasay House Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Various buildings on Raasay and around Luib


Listed Building

Various buildings on Raasay, and at Conordon, Torrin and Strollamus.





Name Key Features

SAC Kinloch and Kyleakin Hills Old sessile oak woods

Northern Atlantic wet heaths

European dry heaths

Blanket bogs

Otter

SAC Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs Extensive area of extremely sheltered reefs within a system of fjordic sea lochs

SAC Mointeach nan Lochain Dubha Blanket bogs

Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters

Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds

Transition mires and quaking bogs

SAC Strath Two lime-rich lochs

The surroundings encompass the most extensive exposure of Durness limestone in Britain. The component lochs represent high-quality hard-water, oligotrophic habitat with water clear to the bottom of the lochs at 4 m depth.

One of four sites representing low-altitude Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands in north-west Scotland

Low-altitude Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Limestone pavements


SSSI (geological)

Ceann Loch Eishort Part of the British Lower Jurassic Stratigraphy.

Structural and metamorphic geology.

SSSI (geological)

Loch Ashaig Quarternary geology and geomorphology

SSSI (geological)

Ob Lusa to Ardnish Extensive low-lying area underlain by lower Jurassic sediments.

SSSI (geological)

Rubh' an Eireannaich The site contains a fine, continuous section through a composite (felsite–basalt) sill intruded into Jurassic strata.

SSSI (mixed) Strath The site is of international and national importance for its wide range of limestone and limestone influenced habitats which has created exceptional ecological diversity.

SSSI (biological)

Mointeach nan Lochain Dubha Upland blanket bog

Oligotrophic loch

SSSI (mixed) Kinloch and Kyleakin Hills (Monadh Chaol Acainn is Cheann Loch)

Alpine heath

Upland blanket bogs

Bryophyte and lichen assemblage

Structural and metamorphic geology

Subalpine dry and wet heath

Upland oak woodland

Otter

NCMPA Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Home to huge bed of elusive yet brightly coloured bivalve molluscs known as flame shells.

Priority Peatland

N/A Extensive areas to the west and centre of Section 3 identified as Class 2 and Class 1 peatland.

Ancient Woodland

N/A Around the north-eastern and south-eastern coastal fringes

GCR Beinn an Dubhaich Spectacular calc-silicate and skarn mineral assemblages are developed in carbonate sediments at the granite contacts, along with a limited development of alkali granite.

GCR Kilchrist [Minerology of Scotland] Part of the Minerology of Scotland block of GCR sites

GCR Kilchrist [Tertiary Igneous] Excellent examples of ignimbrites, tuffs and rhyolite flows are interbedded with agglomerates. The lava flows and volcaniclastic rocks are preserved in a downfaulted block bounded by a ring-dyke of hybrid (mixed-magma) rocks and the Beinn na Caillich Granite.


GCR Kylerhea Glen Part of the Torridonian block noted for its rocks of the Precambrian age.

GCR Loch Ashik Pollen preserved in the sediments that infill the floor of Loch Ashik provide a detailed record, supported by radiocarbon dating, of the vegetational history and environmental changes on Skye during the Lateglacial.

GCR Loch Eishort Part of the Torridonian block noted for its rocks of the Precambrian age.

GCR Loch na Dal Part of the Torridonian block noted for its rocks of the Precambrian age.

GCR Ob Lusa to Ardnish Coast Representing the British geological record of Earth history from about 200 to 184 million years ago (Ma - the first part of the Jurassic Period.

GCR Rubh an Eireannaich The site contains a fine, continuous section through a composite (felsite–basalt) sill intruded into Jurassic strata.

NSA The Cuillin Hills Mountain scenery

Wild landscapes

Crofting townships

SLA Kyle - Plockton

GDL Kyle House Dating from early 19th

Century but largely developed since the 1950s this GDL is notable for its collection of Large leaved rhododendrons and other flowering shrubs and trees growing under a canopy of deciduous trees and as a setting to the Category B Kyle House.

SM Caisteal Maol (Castle Moyle), Kyleakin, Skye

Medieval tower

SM Cill Chriosd, church and burial ground Church and burial ground

Listed Building

Various buildings around Broadford, Kylerhea and Kyleakin


Listed Building

Various buildings around Broadford and Kyleakin





Name Key Features

SAC Coille Mhor Old sessile oak woods

SAC Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs Extensive area of extremely sheltered reefs within a system of fjordic sea lochs

SSSI (geological)

Allt Cracaig Coast Good example of of contact between Moine and Lewisian rocks which has not been deformed or metamorphosed.

SSSI (geological)

Ard Hill This site provides excellent exposures of the Balmacara Thrust, the overlying Balmacara Nappe, and the underlying Kishorn Nappe, within the Moine Thrust Belt.

SSSI (geological)

Avernish This site gives a positive indication of the extent to which the ancient Lewisian basement has been affected by the Caledonian mountain building and provides evidence of the original relationship between the Moine and Lewisian.

SSSI (geological)

Beinn a' Chapuill Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

SSSI (geological)

Carn a' Bhealaich Mhoir Structural and metamorphic geology (moine)

SSSI (biological)

Coille Mhialairidh The site is of international and national importance for its wide range of limestone and limestone influenced habitats which has created exceptional ecological diversity.

SSSI (biological)

Coille Mhor Dragonfly assemblage

Oligotrophic locch

Upland oak woodland

SSSI (biological)

Cosag Sallow Carr Wet woodland

Lichen assemblage

SSSI (geological)

Druim Iosal Structure of metamorphic geology. Exposed area of ancient lewisian gnieisses.

SSSI (biological)

Glen Barisdale Native pinewood

Upland birch woodland

Lichen assemblage

SSSI (geological)

Hangman's Bridge Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

SSSI (geological)

Quoich Spillway Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

SSSI (geological)

Rubha Camas na Cailinn Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

NCMPA Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Home to huge bed of elusive yet brightly coloured bivalve molluscs known as flame shells.

NNR Glen Affric Mix of native pinewoods, lochs and moorland

Priority Peatland

N/A Frequently throughout Section 4, areas identified as Class 2 peatland Class 1 peatland towards the west.

Ancient Woodland

N/A In small areas mostly in glens and coastal areas towards the west and particularly concentrated around Loch Hourn in the southern part of the Section.

GCR Allt Cracaig Coast Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Ard Hill Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Avernish Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Beinn a' Chapuill Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Ben Fhada (Ben Attow) Part of a group of sites showing important signs of mass movements or landslides.

GCR Carn a Bhealaich Mhor Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Dornie - Inverinate Road Section (A87)

Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age


GCR Druim Iosal Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Glen More The Glen More GCR site contains all the major facies of the Ratagain pluton.

GCR Hangmans Bridge Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Kinloch Hourn Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Quoich Spillway Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Rubha Camas na Cailinn Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe Part of a group of sites showing important signs of mass movements or landslides.

GCR Totaig Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Druim Shionnach Part of a group of sites showing important signs of mass movements or landslides.

NSA Glen Affric Long, glaciated deep set glen with Ancient Caledonian Forest considered one of Scotland’s most beautiful.

Transition into exposed moorland and wild landscapes

Lochs, fast flowing rivers and burns

Landscape and features of historic significance

NSA Kintail Relevant Special Qualities comprise:

Dramatic mountain ranges of well-known peaks

Contrasting scale of human activities

Remote and wild interior

Inland coast of Loch Duich

Features and landscapes of historical significance.

NSA Knoydart Relevant Special Qualities comprise:

One of the remotest places on mainland Britain;

One of Scotland’s last great wild areas;

Some of the grandest coastal and mountain scenery on the west coast;

Loch Hourn and Loch Nevis, dramatic but contrasting sea lochs;

An exemplar of a previously glaciated landscape.

WLA 18. Kinlochhourn - Knoydart - Morar Very extensive area of mountain, moorland and glen virtually uninhabited and with little accessibility.

WLA 24. Central Highlands High, prominent mountain summits, deep glens and moorland with little habitation or accessibility

SLA Kyle - Plockton Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Intricate, low-lying coastline with small harbour settlements, skerries, outcrops and beaches;

Inland expanses of moorland with pockets of mixed woodland and forest.

Coastal views towards the prominent skylines of the Torridon and Cuillin mountains

Relevant Special Qualities

Intricate coastline and picturesque vistas.

SLA Strathconon, Monar and Mullardoch Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Extensive tracts of uninhabited moorland and deeply dissected mountains.

Large scale water bodies extending deep into the remote hills.

Major glens, with many interlocking and overlapping spurs, forming enclosed and expansive views for road users.

Significant remnants of Caledonian Pine Forest.

Evidence of historic occupation. Relevant Special Qualities

Grand mountain ridges, long glens and wide strath.


Wildness and Remoteness.

SLA Moidart, Morar and Glen Shiel Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Extensive series of high mountain ranges with immense and imposing scale containing long glens and natural and man-made lochs.

Sense of wildness, slightly detracted by reservoir drawdown.

Coastal landscape of lower, rugged moorland and rocky hillocks, with pockets of native woodland

Intricate, rocky coastline. Relevant Special Qualities

Distinctive west Highland composition of mountain ridges and deep glens, with wildness and tranquillity, an access point and setting to Knoydart, Glen Shiel and Kintail.

GDL Balmacara Estate (Lochalsh Woodland Garden)

Woodland garden developed since 1954 hosting a fine collection of Rhododendrons and woodland species.

SM Sean-Chreag, fort 300m NNW of A stone-walled fort located on a low rocky crag

SM Dunan Diarmid, dun,Loch Duich Dun

SM Cill Fhearchair, standing stone,Shiel Bridge

Standing Stone

SM Eilean Donnan, remains associated with Castle Donnan

Remains associated with the medieval castle of Eilean Donnan and its predecessors

SM Dun Telve and Dun Troddan, brochs, Glenelg

Two well preserved brochs.

SM Loch Achaidh na h-Inich, crannog at N end of

Remains of a crannog, an island settlement probably of Iron Age date. It is situated 80m S of the northern shore of Loch Achaidh na h-Inich and is covered in grass and small trees.

SM Bernera Barracks Barracks

SM Dun Grugaig, dun,Gleann Beag The monument consists of a dun or fort with broch-type features located on a knoll by the side of a steep valley.

SM Caisteal Grugaig, broch 900m WSW of Totaig

A well-preserved broch located in a clearing in a forestry plantation.

SM Glenshiel, earthworks associated with battle of 1719

The monument consists of an area of ground containing the remains of constructions associated with static positions prepared in advance of the Battle of Glenshiel in 1719.

SM St Dubhthach's Church and Burial Ground

The former parish church and burial ground of Kintail

Listed Building

Bernera Barracks Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Eilean Donan Castle Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Ardelve, 12 Lower Ardelve


Listed Building

Glenelg War Memorial Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Various buildings around Loch Duich, Loch Hourn, Glenelg and Glen Shiel.


Listed Building

Various buildings around Loch Duich, Loch Hourn, Glenelg and Glen Shiel.


Historic Battlefield

Glenshiel Glenshiel is significant as the sole battle fought during the 1719 Jacobite Rising. The battlefield itself is also significant as one of very few within Scotland where extant field fortifications survive, and for the first known use of coehorn mortars in battle by the British Army.




Name Key Features

SAC River Moriston Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

SPA West Inverness-shire Lochs Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica)

Common scoter (Melanitta nigra)

SSSI (biological)

Garry Falls Rich bryophyte flora

SSSI (biological)

West Inverness-shire Lochs Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica)


SSSI (biological)

Levishie Wood Upland birch woodland

SSSI (geological)

Quoich Spillway Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

SSSI (biological)



Priority Peatland

N/A Frequently throughout Section 5, extensive areas of Class 2 peatland and smaller areas of Class 1 peatland.

Ancient Woodland

N/A Significant concentration of Ancient woodland around Loch Garry and smaller pockets in some other glens.

GCR Coire Dho The assemblage of landforms and deposits at Coire Dho provides an excellent illustration of the development and sudden drainage of an ice-dammed lake during the Loch Lomond Stadial.

GCR Quoich Spillway Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

GCR Glen Doe Part of the Moine block, noted for its highly metamorphosed rocks of Precambrian age

NSA Glen Affric Long, glaciated deep set glen with Ancient Caledonian Forest considered one of Scotland’s most beautiful.

Transition into exposed moorland and wild landscapes

Lochs, fast flowing rivers and burns

Landscape and features of historic significance

WLA 18. Kinlochhourn - Knoydart - Morar Very extensive area of mountain, moorland and glen virtually uninhabited and with little accessibility.

WLA 24. Central Highlands High, prominent mountain summits, deep glens and moorland with little habitation or accessibility.

SLA Loch Ness and Duntelchaig Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Dramatic landform feature of the Great Glen and Loch Ness.

Small pastures, settlements and bays contrasting in scale with the surrounding landform.

Long vistas of grand proportions.

Contrasting remote interior plateau of upland lochs, small woods and rocky knolls.

Historic features forming point foci. Relevant Special Qualities:

The Dramatic great glen.

Contrasting intimate plateau

Historic landscape including the Caledonian Canal

SLA Moidart, Morar and Glen Shiel Key landscape and visual characteristics:

Extensive series of high mountain ranges with immense and imposing scale containing long glens and natural and man-made lochs.

Sense of wildness, slightly detracted by reservoir drawdown.

Coastal landscape of lower, rugged moorland and rocky hillocks, with pockets of native woodland

Intricate, rocky coastline.


Relevant Special Qualities

Distinctive west Highland composition of mountain ridges and deep glens, with wildness and tranquillity, an access point and setting to Knoydart, Glen Shiel and Kintail.

SLA Loch Lochy and Loch Oich Key landscape and visual characteristics:


Smooth Moorland loch side slopes.

Imposing mountain back cloth.

Contrasting forest plantations and glen slopes.

Intricate shorelines. Relevant Special Qualities:

The Dramatic Great Glen.

Distinct mountain tops with outstanding views.

Low lying farmland and small scale settlement contrasting in scale with the surrounding landform.

Historic features forming point foci.

SM Levishie Cottage, fort and earthwork 1050m NE of

Fort and earthwork

SM Caledonian Canal, Laggan Locks A pair of standard Caledonian Canal masonry lock chambers with associated working areas, including protective jetties projecting into Loch Lochy.

SM Caledonian Canal, Laggan Locks to Loch Oich

The monument comprises that stretch of inland waterway known as the Caledonian Canal running north-east from the Laggan Locks to Loch Oich.

SM Fort Augustus-Bernera military road, 570m SE of Achlain

Military road

SM Tir nan Og, cairn 445m SSW of A burial cairn, between 4500 and 3500 years old

SM Balnacarn, township 550m WSW of Remains of a township

SM Fort Augustus-Bernera Military Road, 1890m W of Ceannacroc Lodge

Military road

SM Dundreggan Farm, motte 35m SW of Medieval motte

Listed Building

Torgyle Bridge Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Ceannacroc Bridge Category B Listed Building

Listed Building

Buildings around Glengarry, Glen Moriston, Kilfinnan and associated with the Caledonian Canal.





Name Key Features

SAC Ness Woods Otter (Lutra lutra).

Western acidic oak woodland.

Mixed woodland on base-rich soils associated with rocky slopes.

SAC River Moriston Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

SPA Loch Knockie and nearby Lochs Breeding population of Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica)


Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

SPA West Inverness-shire Lochs Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica)


SSSI (biological)

Easter Ness Forest Upland oak woodland.

Upland mixed ash woodland.

SSSI (biological)

Glen Tarff Upland mixed ash woodland

Beetle (Bolitophagus reticulatus)

SSSI (biological)

Glendoe Lochans Breeding population Slavonian grebe (Podiceps auritus)


SSSI (biological)

Knockie Lochs Breeding population Slavonian grebe (Podiceps auritus)

SSSI (biological)

South Laggan Fen Fen, marsh and swamp.

Transition open fen.

SSSI (biological)



Priority Peatland

N/A Upland areas to east and west of the Great Glen: a variety of large and small areas of Class 1 and Class 2 peatland.

Ancient Woodland

N/A Extensively along loch shores and glen-sides along Glen Garry, Glen Moriston and the Great Glen.

GCR Fort Augustus Kame and kettle topography, glacier flood deposits and lake shorelines. Important for interpretation of geomorphological changes during the Loch Lomond Stadial.

WLA 19. Braeroy – Glenshirra – Creag Meagaidh

Extensive uninhabited moorland and rolling hills with dramatic high escarpments and summits.

SLA Loch Ness and Duntelchaig Key landscape and visual characteristics:


Small pastures, settlements and bays contrasting in scale with the surrounding landform.

Long vistas of grand proportions.

Contrasting remote interior plateau of upland lochs, small woods and rocky knolls.

Historic features forming point foci. Relevant Special Qualities:


Contrasting intimate plateau

Historic landscape including the Caledonian Canal

SLA Loch Lochy and Loch Oich Key landscape and visual characteristics:


Smooth Moorland loch side slopes.

Imposing mountain back cloth.

Contrasting forest plantations and glen slopes.

Intricate shorelines. Relevant Special Qualities:


Distinct mountain tops with outstanding views.


Low lying farmland and small scale settlement contrasting in scale with the surrounding landform.

Historic features forming point foci.

SM Corrieyairack Pass, military road, watershed to Allt Lagan a’Bhainne

A length of military road approximately 4.5km long, running between Allt Lagan a'Bhainne at the N and the watershed at the S, part of the road built between Dalwhinnie and Fort Augustus in 1731, under the direction of General Wade.

SM Corrieyairack Pass, military road, Black Burn to Connachie Burn

A length of military road approximately 3.5km long, running between Black Burn in the S and Connachie Burn in the N, part of the road built between Dalwhinnie and Fort Augustus in 1731, under the direction of General Wade.

SM Caledonian Canal, Kyltra Lock A standard masonry-walled Caledonian Canal lock, with associated working areas.

SM Caledonian Canal, Laggan Locks to Loch Oich

The monument comprises that stretch of inland waterway known as the Caledonian Canal running north-east from the Laggan Locks to Loch Oich.

SM Caledonian Canal, Fort Augustus to Loch Ness

Stretch of inland waterway known as the Caledonian Canal running from the top (west) lock at Fort Augustus eastward to Loch Ness.

SM Torr Dhuin, fort, Fort Augustus Hill Fort

SM Corrieyairack Pass, military road, Allt Lagan a’Bhainne to Black Burn

A length of military road approximately 2.5km long, running between Allt Lagan a'Bhainne in the S and Black Burn in the N, part of the road built between Dalwhinnie and Fort Augustus in 1731, under the direction of General Wade.

SM Corrieyairack Pass, military road,Connachie Burn to Culachy

A length of military road approximately 1km long, running between Connachie Burn in the S and Culachy House in the N, part of the road built between Dalwhinnie and Fort Augustus in 1731 under the direction of General Wade.

SM Caledonian Canal, Kyltra Lock to Fort Augustus

Stretch of inland waterway known as the Caledonian Canal running north-eastward from Kyltra Lock to Fort Augustus Locks.

SM Kilwhimen Barracks, Fort Augustus Remains of Kilwhimen (or Kilcumein) Barracks built in 1718.

SM Cherry Island, crannog, Inchnacardoch Bay, Loch Ness

Remains of a crannog, a late prehistoric dwelling constructed upon a partly or wholly artificial island. It includes submerged remains of what may be a medieval castle.

SM Caledonian Canal, Cullochy Lock to Kyltra Lock

Stretch of inland waterway known as the Caledonian Canal running northward from Cullochy Lock to Kyltra Lock.

SM Caledonian Canal, Cullochy Lock The monument consists of a standard masonry Caledonian Canal lock, with the associated working areas.

SM Invergarry Castle

Remains of the late seventeenth-century castle of Invergarry which was the seat of the Macdonnel Clan until it was attacked and burnt by the Duke of Cumberland in 1746.

SM Bridge of Oich, suspension bridge and embankment

A suspension bridge crossing the River Oich, together with a causeway or embankment leading south to the site of another bridge which crossed the Caledonian Canal.

SM Caledonian Canal,Loch Oich to Cullochy Lock

Stretch of inland waterway known as the Caledonian Canal running from Loch Oich north-eastward to Cullochy Lock.

Listed Building

Oich, Bridge Of Oich Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Fort Augustus Abbey, Church, Monastery And School


Listed Building

Invermoriston Home Farm Category A Listed Building

Listed Building

Various buildings around Invergarry, Invermoriston, For Augustus and the Great Glen.


Listed Building

Various buildings around Invergarry, Invermoriston, For Augustus and the Great Glen.


Conservation Area

For Augustus Town centre, Abby, Caledonian Canal staircase of locks and riverside leading down to the Loch Ness shore.

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