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Assynt Visitor centre

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Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Assynt Visitor centre
Phone:
+44 1571 844194

Hours:
Sunday10am - 4pm
Monday10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday10am - 5:30pm
Thursday10am - 5:30pm
Friday10am - 5:30pm
Saturday10am - 5:30pm


Assynt is a sparsely populated area in the south-west of Sutherland, lying north of Ullapool on the west coast of Scotland. Assynt is known for its landscape and its remarkable mountains, which have led to the area, along with neighbouring Coigach, being designated as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland.The western part of Assynt has many distinctively shaped mountains, including Quinag, Canisp, Suilven and Ben More Assynt, that rise steeply from the surrounding cnoc and lochan scenery. These can often appear higher than their actual height would indicate due to their steep sides and the contrast with the moorland from which they rise. Many of the most distinctive peaks such as Suilven were formed during the last Ice Age, when they were left exposed above the ice sheet as nunataks, and they now remain as inselbergs of highly eroded Torridonian sandstone sitting on a bedrock of much older Lewisian gneiss. The Moine Thrust runs through the area, and is most visible at Knockan Crag National Nature Reserve, which includes a visitor centre interpreting the geological features of the landscape. In the east of Assynt lies a region of limestone scenery surrounding Ben More Assynt. This part of Assynt hosts the longest cave in Scotland, Uamh an Claonaite, which lies 5 miles south of Inchnadamph. The geological importance of Assynt is reflected in its inclusion in the North West Highlands Geopark.The name Assynt may derive from an Old Norse word meaning 'ridge end'. There is also a tradition that the name comes from a fight between the two brothers Unt and Ass-Unt, . The latter having won the tussle gave his name to the parish.
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