Ockle
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Ockle
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Location within the Lochaber area | |
| OS grid reference | NM555705 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ACHARACLE |
| Postcode district | PH36 |
| Dialling code | 01972 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Ockle (Scottish Gaelic: Ocal) is a hamlet situated on the northcoast of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1][2]
Ockle lies six miles (ten kilometres) northeast of Kilchoan on the southern coast of the peninsula. The public road ends in Ockle.
There is a 7+1⁄2-mile-long (12-kilometre) footpath running between Ockle (NM555704) and the public road at Arivegaig (NM651677) (2+1⁄2 mi or 4 km from Acharacle)
The current population of Ockle is 3.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ockle, Argyllshire | Gazetteer of British Place Names". gazetteer.org.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ Munro, David (2006). Scotland: an encyclopedia of places & landscape. London: Collins. p. 364. ISBN 0007773528.