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Our village of Kinlochewe is situated approximately 50 miles West of Inverness on the A832 Garve to Gairloch road amidst the magnificent scenery of the Torridon Hills, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve and at the head of the beautiful Loch Maree.

Tiered-wall mountains with ramparts high are the hallmark of this, the Torridon Mountains area which surrounds Kinlochewe, a beauty that is unsurpassed by any other in Scotland. The natural beauty of the area was so important to our national heritage that as a result in 1951 , Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, the first in Britain , was formed. The reserve is home to some of the last remnants of the old Caledonian Forest which once spread across the greater part of the Highlands.

Glacial erosion has played a significant role in the creation of this complex landscape, carving out the corries and u-shaped glens. The bulk of the mountains Torridonian Sandstone capped with quartzite that has weathered to create mountains of a distinct and individual character. Kinlochewe is overlooked by the quartz topped East ridge of Beinn Eighe to the south and the fortress like buttress's of  Slioch to the north. The Moine Thrust geological feature runs through the centre of Kinlochewe village.

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