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Badachro

Field	Value
static_image_name	Boats pulled up on the grass at Badachro.jpg
static_image_caption	Boats pulled up on the grass at Badachro
country	Scotland
official_name	Badachro
gaelic_name	Bad a' Chrò
os_grid_reference	NG781736
map_type	Scotland
coordinates
civil_parish	Gairloch
unitary_scotland	Highland
lieutenancy_scotland	Ross and Cromarty
constituency_westminster	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
constituency_scottish_parliament	Ross, Skye and Inverness West
post_town	GAIRLOCH
postcode_district	IV21
postcode_area	IV
dial_code	01445

Badachro () is a former fishing village, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland.

Geography

Badachro sits about 3 km south of Gairloch on the shore of Gair Loch, and is a natural harbour popular with yachts. Approximately 2 miles to the SE are located the Fairy Lochs, the site of a 1945 plane crash which is now a designated war grave. The crash site has been preserved as a memorial to the USAAF servicemen who lost their lives in the accident and is accessible by a rough track near the Shieldaig Lodge Hotel.

Badachro is in the Highland Council area. Queen Victoria visited Shieldaig Lodge Hotel in 1877.

Fishing

At the end of the nineteenth century, Badachro was a busy fishing village. Cod landed there and at Gairloch, and were dried at one of two curing stations at Badachro. Today, lobster, crab, and prawns are fished for markets south of the town.

Footnotes

References

[http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=665 Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland]
Mark Hitchin. "Ardnamurchan Point to Gairloch". Knot Pilot.
Malone, D. 'Exploring Gairloch’s South Side', Gairloch Museum, Printed The Gairloch and District Times.
"Badachro". Am Baile.

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