Kinloch
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Location within the
Highland council area | |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ISLE OF RUM |
Postcode district | PH43 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Kinloch ( Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Locha) is a hamlet that is the main (now only) settlement of the island of Rùm, in the civil parish of the Small Isles, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It has a primary school, village hall and shop [1] and is the location of the ferry terminal. [2] It is on Loch Scresort and centred round Kinloch Castle. [3]
The name "Kinloch" means "Loch head". [4] Historically Kinloch was not the most prominent settlement on Rùm, but is now the only one still inhabited. [5] In 1850 Port na Caranean was abandoned and people moved to Kinloch which had a population of 40. [6]