Kildonan Burn, Helmsdale: Baile an Or gold panning

Where: UK & Ireland · Europe · approx. 58.2, -3.9 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: scene of the 1869 Sutherland gold rush, where recreational panning in the Kildonan and Suisgill burns continues by estate arrangement

What turns up: gold flakes and occasional small nuggets, garnet-rich black sand concentrates

Access: Licensed / permit.

Pan only on the permitted stretch at Baile an Or with the estate's permission arrangements (register locally, rules on pans and sluices, no digging banks); elsewhere gold rights are private

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.