Places to Visit for Wildlife and Landscape - Sutherland

Name: Loch Glencoul and Eas a’ Chual Aluinn

Habitat type: Loch

What can I see there?

From the village of Kylesku it is possible to take boat trips along Loch Glencoul to view Britain’s highest waterfall at Eas a’Chual Aluinn (200 metres, 650 feet). Seals and the occasional otter may be seen on the loch. The complex geology of the north-west is visible in features like the Stack of Glencoul where it can be shown that older rock layers have been displaced by immense earth movements and have come to rest on top of younger rocks. The point at which the older and younger rock layers meet is called a thrust plane. The Moine Thrust Plane that separates Moine rocks from younger basal quartzites can be seen where it passes right through the Stack of Glencoul.

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