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Arisaig
  • Scottish Gaelic: Àrasaig
Arisaig is located in Lochaber
Arisaig
Arisaig
Location within the Lochaber area
Population300 [1]
OS grid referenceNM661865
Council area
  • Highland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townARISAIG
Postcode districtPH39
Dialling code01687
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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Scottish Parliament
  • Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
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56°54′36″N 5°50′35″W / 56.910°N 5.843°W / 56.910; -5.843

Arisaig /ˈærɪsɡ/ (Scottish Gaelic: Àrasaig) is a village in Lochaber, Inverness-shire. It lies 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Mallaig on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, within the Rough Bounds.[2] Arisaig is also the traditional name for part of the surrounding peninsula south of Loch Morar, extending east to Moidart. Etymologically, Arisaig means "safe bay". It lies in the Scottish council area of Highland and has a population of about 300.[3]

  1. ^ Census, 2011
  2. ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 30. ISBN 9780340254875.
  3. ^ Ach na skia Croft site Retrieved 5 April 2018.

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PH postcode area

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A830 road

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passes through several small settlements, including Corpach, Glenfinnan and Arisaig and bypasses the village of Morar. It also follows the shorelines of Loch...

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Back of Keppoch

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The Rough Bounds

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and Loch Moidart, consisting of the districts of Knoydart, North Morar, Arisaig and Moidart. The area is famous for its wildness and inaccessibility and...

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List of SOE establishments

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Battle of Culloden

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Rhu Peninsula

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Peninsula (Scottish Gaelic: Rudha Arasaig) and originally known as the Rhu Arisaig peninsula is a small, remote and largely deserted peninsula, at the SW...

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West Highland Line

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between Fort William and Mallaig passes over the Glenfinnan Viaduct, through Arisaig with its views of the Small Isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck and Canna, and the...

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Loch Morar

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traditional district of North Morar (which contains the village of Morar), from Arisaig and Moidart. Loch Morar is 18.8 kilometres (11.7 mi) long, has a surface...

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List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom

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Mallaig

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different location. This caters for Mallaig, the villages of Morar and Arisaig, the nearby Small Isles of Eigg, Rùm, Muck and Canna, and the nearby Knoydart...

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List of towns and villages in the Scottish Highlands

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ARG

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List of sea lochs of Scotland

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Morar

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is more usual (the region to the south west of Loch Morar is known as Arisaig, rather than South Morar). The coastline of the area forms part of the...

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Double tap

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to 1945 at the SOE training school directed by Fairbairn and Sykes near Arisaig in Scotland. The term double tap is now used to describe the more general...

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Eigg

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fishing port of Mallaig. Arisaig Marine also runs a passenger ferry called the MV Sheerwater from April until late September from Arisaig on the mainland. Around...

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Small Isles

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summer months the islands are also served by Arisaig Marine's passenger ferry MV Sheerwater from Arisaig, 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of Mallaig. Timetables...

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Loch Beag

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Northern Scotland, in the vicinity of the Sound of Arisaig. The eastern end of the Sound of Arisaig divides into Loch nan Uamh in the north and Loch Ailort...

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Lochaber

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Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway Donald B. MacCulloch (1996). Romantic Lochaber Arisaig and Morar. Spean Bridge: Lines Publishing. pp. 1–2, 168. W.J.Watson (1973)...

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Glenfinnan Monument

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built by Thomas Telford and opened in 1812, between Fort William and Arisaig. Since 1938, the monument has been in the care of the National Trust for...

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