Gairloch, Torridon, Wester Ross

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1948
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Gairloch. Opinan School & Youth Hostel with Slioch, Loch Maree in background'. View of the crofting township south of Port Henderson. In the foreground there is fencing with tufts of wool on the ground. Beyond it is a substantial stone building with slate roof. There are boys walking towards it. Cattle and sheep are grazing round about.
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Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Aug 1948
Subject place
Gairloch/Highland
Subject notes
In the distance the hay has been cut and gathered into haystacks. To the left is a roofless croft house. The dark mounds in the distance are probably stacks of peat, cut from the ground for use as fuel. The mountain is Slioch, which is above Loch Maree. The fencing is probably a sheep fank used to hold sheep for shearing earlier in the summer. The larger building is Opinan School and Youth Hostel, now closed as pupil numbers will have fallen and primary schools no longer need to be within walking distance.
Accession number
P38907

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The mountain in the background is Baosbheinn

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