The River Dionard is a river in the historic county of Sutherland in northwest Scotland. It arises as the outflow from Loch Dionard which lies below the eastern side of Foinaven and flows north-northwest through Strath Dionard below that mountain's eastern flanks for 7 km before turning north and then northeast towards the head of the Kyle of Durness. Its winding channel is exposed at low tide within the sands of this shallow firth which connects with the Atlantic Ocean on the north coast. The principal headwater stream feeding Loch Dionard is the Allt an Easain Ghill which passes through two lochans beneath Meall Horn; the upper Lochan Ulbha and the lower An Dubh-loch. The nearby Allt Eilidh a' Chleirich flows from a third lochan, Lochan Sgeireach. There are numerous other streams and lochans in the upper catchment. The Gualin National Nature Reserve has been established within the catchment.[1][2]
The name may be from dyn-fjordr, 'noisy-firth.'[3]
^445 Foinaven, Arkle, Kylesku & Scourie (Map) (A ed.). 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2003. ISBN 031923391X.
^446 Durness and Cape Wrath (Map) (A ed.). 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2003. ISBN 0319233928.
^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/30069878 | Some Sutherland Names of Places. W. J. Watson,
The Celtic Review, Vol. 2, No. 8 (Apr., 1906), pp. 360-368.
The RiverDionard is a river in the historic county of Sutherland in northwest Scotland. It arises as the outflow from Loch Dionard which lies below the...
of the RiverDionard to Gualin House and the A838 6 miles (9.7 km) away, with access to Durness 11 miles (18 km) further north. Loch Dionard is 357 feet...
(Rs) Simple coastal catchments Amhainn an t-Sratha Bhig RiverDionard Daill River Kearvaig River Flowing into the Atlantic Ocean between Cape Wrath and...
bombing practice by the RAF. The RiverDionard and Grudie River flow into the Kyle at its southern end with the Daill River and a number of minor streams...
A838 The A838 crossing the RiverDionard Route information Length 84 mi (135 km) Major junctions south end Lairg 58°03′20″N 4°25′09″W / 58.0556°N 4...
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