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I may be ever so slightly biased here, as I spent seven of
my early childhood years (1948-1955) in Kingairloch while my father was the head forester there, but I absolutely love the place. The only noteworthy changes over the past 50-odd years have been:- the introduction of electricity; the paving of the public road; and the building of the telephone exchange up behind Camus. Apart from that, Kingairloch remains virtually as it was when I knew it as a child. Only one entirely new house has been built there since we left, the second house on the right as one goes down the private road into the estate proper. Two other houses have been rebuilt after having burned down, and the Big House (the former residence of Mr & Mrs Strutt, Kingairloch's former owners) has been considerably diminished in size, but it's still a lovely quiet place to visit. Hopefully you'll meet Glen, the estate's semi-domesticated stag which can be fed from hand!

Posted by John Liddle on September 16, 2003

Kingairloch - a hamlet without price! If you cross the Corran
Ferry just south of Fort William and take the A861 south until you come to the B8043 to the left, and continue for some seven miles, you will travel through the most beautiful scenery to Kingairloch. For the last couple of miles the road huggs the cliffs and it is beautiful but dramatic. As well as deer, keep your eyes open for the ferral goats. Seal, a variety of sea birds and also birds of prey can be seen.
At the hamlet of Camasnacroise you must visit Kingailoch Church as it nestles on the shore of the Loch with the mountains rising behind it. It is a small well kept building with six beautiful stained glass windows in it. Here you are invited to wait a while and worship. From the Church you can look across to Port Appin and Castle Stalker with Lismore a little to the south. After waiting here a while to absorb the beauty and atmosphere of the place you can continue over a shoulder in the hill past a B.T. monstrosity to Loch a Chorie where a fgew houses are dotted around the loch. The old Kingairloch cemetrey is here which, although a bit unkempt, is of interest as it contains both modern and ancient graves.
As you continue on the B8043 it winds its way up around Beinn na Cille to Lochuisage where it joins the A884 Lochaline/Strontian road. There are no tearooms on this part of the road but take a flask with you and stop at one of the many beauty spots and absorb the beauty and atmosphere of this unspoilt part of our world.

'Kingairloch, a place of beauty and a joy for ever'.

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