Port-an-Eorna

Port-An-Eorna is the Scottish Gaelic name for the small settlement of Barleyport, situated almost midway between Plockton and the Kyle of Lochlash, in Ross-shire, Scotland, in the Western Highlands. Port-An-Eorna was once a fishing community near Duirinish, an area of common grazing for sheep and Highland cattle. Now it is a cluster of a few houses on Scottish Trust land, in an area of spectacular natural beauty. Port-An-Eorna is a natural, white sand beach covered at present by seaweed, but soon to be restored by its local residents. "Eorna" means "barley" or "wheat" in Scottish Gaelic.

It enjoys an open view across to the Cuillin Mountains on the Isle of Skyle, as well as vistas across Loch Carron, to the Applecross Peninsula. Port-An-Eorna is the home of a special resident heron, called "Harry", and is only a mile from the railway station at Duirish (on the Kyle to Inverness rail service). Duirinish, the home community for Port-An-Eorna, is also the home of a Belgian artist that has made her home in this community.

External links

*http://www.plockton.com/village/duirinish.shtml