Island 152 - Garbh Eilean, Sutherland

Garbh Eilean is an unremarkable island which  I expect used to be little visited.  However it is now at one end of  the Kylesku Bridge, which links Kylesku with Kylestrome and carries the A894 road.  There was previously a ferry here.   The bridge was opened in 1984 by the Queen. There is a car park with a seat and a commemorative cairn. 

 Kylesku Bridge

Cairn to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 12th Submarine Flotilla, who trained in these 'wild and still waters' in 1943
 

The monument was erected on 10th April 1993 to honour the men of the XIIth Submarine Flotilla who manned midget submarines (X-craft) during the Second World War. Much of the training of the crews of these craft was done in the waters around Kylesku. The crews trained in this area for their midget submarine attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in the Altenfjord, Norway.

 This is apparently Mackay Country

Kylesku Bridge