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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Morar,_Moidart_and_Ardnamurchan_National_Scenic_Area&params=56.78_N_5.75_W_type:landmark_dim:20km"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">56°47′N</span> <span class="longitude">5°45′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">56.78°N 05.75°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">56.78; -05.75</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">369.6 km<sup>2</sup> (142.7 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-area_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NatureScot" title="NatureScot">NatureScot</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan</b> is a <a href="/wiki/National_scenic_area_(Scotland)" title="National scenic area (Scotland)">national scenic area</a> (NSA) covering the coastal scenery of three peninsulas in the western <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Highlands" title="Scottish Highlands">Highlands</a> of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ardnamurchan" title="Ardnamurchan">Ardnamurchan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moidart" title="Moidart">Moidart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morar" title="Morar">Morar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure its protection from inappropriate development by restricting certain forms of development.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan NSA covers 36,956 <a href="/wiki/Hectares" class="mw-redirect" title="Hectares">ha</a> in total, consisting of 17,220 ha of land with a further 19,736 ha being marine (i.e. below low tide).<sup id="cite_ref-area_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>National scenic areas are primarily designated due to the scenic qualities of an area, however NSAs may well have other special qualities, for example related to culture, history, archaeology, geology or wildlife.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Areas with such qualities may be protected via other national and international designations that overlap with the NSA designation. Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan includes several <a href="/wiki/Natura_2000" title="Natura 2000">Natura 2000</a> sites within the designated area of the NSA.<sup id="cite_ref-sitelink_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitelink-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Creation_of_the_national_scenic_area">Creation of the national scenic area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morar,_Moidart_and_Ardnamurchan_National_Scenic_Area&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Creation of the national scenic area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_%22Seven_Men_of_Moidart%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4656.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/The_%22Seven_Men_of_Moidart%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4656.jpg/220px-The_%22Seven_Men_of_Moidart%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4656.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/The_%22Seven_Men_of_Moidart%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4656.jpg/330px-The_%22Seven_Men_of_Moidart%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4656.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/The_%22Seven_Men_of_Moidart%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4656.jpg/440px-The_%22Seven_Men_of_Moidart%22_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4656.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="212" /></a><figcaption>The Seven Men of Moidart</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, a committee, chaired by Sir Douglas Ramsay, was established to consider preservation of the landscape in Scotland. The report, published in 1945 proposed that five areas (<a href="/wiki/Loch_Lomond_and_The_Trossachs_National_Park" title="Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park">Loch Lomond and the Trossachs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cairngorms" title="Cairngorms">Cairngorms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Nevis_and_Glen_Coe_National_Scenic_Area" title="Ben Nevis and Glen Coe National Scenic Area">Glen Coe-Ben Nevis-Black Mount</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wester_Ross" title="Wester Ross">Wester Ross</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glen_Strathfarrar" title="Glen Strathfarrar">Glen Strathfarrar</a>-<a href="/wiki/Glen_Affric" title="Glen Affric">Glen Affric</a>-<a href="/wiki/Glen_Cannich" title="Glen Cannich">Glen Cannich</a>) should receive a level of protection.<sup id="cite_ref-cairngom-history_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cairngom-history-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accordingly, the government designated these areas as "national park direction areas", giving powers for planning decisions taken by local authorities to be reviewed by central government. Following a further review of landscape protection in 1978, additional areas, including the western parts of the <a href="/wiki/Lochaber" title="Lochaber">Lochaber</a> district, were identified as worthy of protection due to their landscape qualities. Accordingly, in 1981 the direction areas were replaced by the national scenic area designation, which were based on the 1978 recommendations and thus included the area entitled Morar, Moidart and Ardnamurchan.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The defined area remains as originally mapped in 1978, but was redesignated under new legislation in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the national scenic area designation provides a degree of additional protection via the planning process, there are no bodies equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/National_park_authority" title="National park authority">national park authority</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and whilst <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">local authorities</a> (in this case <a href="/wiki/Highland_Council" title="Highland Council">Highland Council</a>) can produce a management strategy for each one, only the three national scenic areas within <a href="/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway" title="Dumfries and Galloway">Dumfries and Galloway</a> have current management strategies.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landscape_and_scenery">Landscape and scenery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morar,_Moidart_and_Ardnamurchan_National_Scenic_Area&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Landscape and scenery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Loch_nan_Uamh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Loch_nan_Uamh.jpg/250px-Loch_nan_Uamh.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Loch_nan_Uamh.jpg/375px-Loch_nan_Uamh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Loch_nan_Uamh.jpg/500px-Loch_nan_Uamh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1175" data-file-height="881" /></a><figcaption>Loch nan Uamh from below Polnish.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Morar" title="Morar">Morar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moidart" title="Moidart">Moidart</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ardnamurchan" title="Ardnamurchan">Ardnamurchan</a></div> <p>The original 1978 report that led to the area being designated as a national scenic area noted: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The area exhibits a coastal landscape of great diversity and interest, in places enhanced by the mountain background, although it is the coastal fringe that is considered to be outstanding. This coastal fringe is made up of four main subsidiary areas each with a character of its own, but complementing the others and all linked together by views of the enhancing offshore islands of the Small Isles.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/NatureScot" title="NatureScot">Scottish Natural Heritage</a> (1978)<sup id="cite_ref-qualities_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualities-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Much of the area, including the Arisaig and Ardnish peninsulas, as well as much of the coastline and the mountainous interior, cannot be accessed by road. Additionally, the north coast of Ardnamurchan can only be reached by <a href="/wiki/Single-track_road" title="Single-track road">single track</a> dead-end roads. The area has strong historical links with the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1745" title="Jacobite rising of 1745">Jacobite rising of 1745</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Loch_nan_Uamh" class="mw-redirect" title="Loch nan Uamh">Loch nan Uamh</a> being the place where <a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart" title="Charles Edward Stuart">Charles Edward Stuart</a> first landed in Scotland: the row of beech trees known as the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Men_of_Moidart" title="Seven Men of Moidart">Seven Men of Moidart</a> commemorates the rising. The picturesque ruins of <a href="/wiki/Castle_Tioram" title="Castle Tioram">Castle Tioram</a> also add to the scenic beauty of the area.<sup id="cite_ref-qualities_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualities-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conservations_designations">Conservations designations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morar,_Moidart_and_Ardnamurchan_National_Scenic_Area&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Conservations designations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A small area of the NSA is included within the <i>Moidart and Ardgour</i> <a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Area" title="Special Protection Area">Special Protection Area</a>, an area is protected under the <a href="/wiki/Natura_2000" title="Natura 2000">Natura 2000</a> programme due to its importance for breeding <a href="/wiki/Golden_eagle" title="Golden eagle">golden eagles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are six <a href="/wiki/Special_Area_of_Conservation" title="Special Area of Conservation">Special Areas of Conservation</a> (SAC), within or overlapping with the NSA: </p> <ul><li>The <i>Ardnamurchan Burns SAC</i> protects several <a href="/wiki/Burn_(landform)" title="Burn (landform)">burns</a> on the Ardnamurchan peninsula that host colonies of <a href="/wiki/Freshwater_pearl_mussel" title="Freshwater pearl mussel">freshwater pearl mussels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>the <i>Loch Moidart and <a href="/wiki/Loch_Shiel" title="Loch Shiel">Loch Shiel</a> Woods SAC</i> covers several areas of woodland (including acidic <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> woodland) and <a href="/wiki/Mudflats" class="mw-redirect" title="Mudflats">mudflats</a>, and host a population of <a href="/wiki/European_otter" class="mw-redirect" title="European otter">otters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Sound_of_Arisaig" title="Sound of Arisaig">Sound of Arisaig</a> SAC</i> covers an area of <a href="/wiki/Subtidal" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtidal">subtidal</a> <a href="/wiki/Sandbank" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandbank">sandbanks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentra_Moss" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentra Moss">Kentra Moss</a>, together with <a href="/wiki/Claish_Moss" title="Claish Moss">Claish Moss</a> (outwith the NSA), form the <i>Claish Moss and Kentra Moss SAC</i>, which represents an important area of <a href="/wiki/Blanket_bog" title="Blanket bog">blanket bog</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kentra Moss is a very unusual raised bog, that is rich in <i><a href="/wiki/Sphagnum" title="Sphagnum">Sphagnum</a></i> moss species. The area is also notable for representing the transition from bog to <a href="/wiki/Saltmarsh" class="mw-redirect" title="Saltmarsh">saltmarsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-qualities_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualities-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Glen Beasdale SAC</i> lies at the northern end of the NSA and is protected due to the presence of freshwater pearl mussels, otters and acidic oak woodland.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The outer sea areas of the NSA are protected as the <i>Inner Hebrides and the Minches SAC</i> due to their importance for <a href="/wiki/Harbour_porpoise" title="Harbour porpoise">harbour porpoises</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The grounds of Arisaig House, Kinlochmoidart and Eilean Shona are all listed in the <a href="/wiki/Inventory_of_Gardens_and_Designed_Landscapes_in_Scotland" title="Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland">Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-qualities_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualities-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morar,_Moidart_and_Ardnamurchan_National_Scenic_Area&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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