Farr, Highland
Encyclopedia
Farr is a Parish
in the county of Sutherland
in the Scottish
council area of the Highland. The parish also includes a small hamlet named Farr. The village of Bettyhill
lies less than 1 mile to the west of the hamlet along the A836
road.
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in the county of Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. In Gaelic the area is referred to according to its traditional areas: Dùthaich 'IcAoidh , Asainte , and Cataibh...
in the Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
council area of the Highland. The parish also includes a small hamlet named Farr. The village of Bettyhill
Bettyhill
Bettyhill is a village on the north coast of Scotland.Bettyhill lies on the A836 road west of Thurso and from Tongue. And 5 miles from the village of Skerray Its former fishing port was called Navermouth...
lies less than 1 mile to the west of the hamlet along the A836
A836 road
The A836 road is entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, and 129 miles long.It branches from the A9 near Tain and runs generally north through Bonar Bridge and Lairg, until Tongue. Between Lairg and Tongue the road is single track for 38 miles...
road.
Villages and Hamlets
Villages and hamlets within the parish of Farr include:- AchiemoreAchiemore, Strath HalladaleAchiemore is a hamlet in Strath Halladale in Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Achiemore is situated to the north of Smigel Burn on the right bank of the Halladale River just beyond where the Allt an Tigh-choinneirnh flows and Upper Bighouse...
- Achina
- AultiphurstAultiphurstAultiphurst , in Strathy, Sutherland, is a village in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland.Aultiphurst was settled as a clearance village mostly from the Naver Highland clearances. During the 19th century more than 30 people worked several crofts belonging to the Mackays...
- AltnaharraAltnaharra-Notable persons:*Linda Norgrove, kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, and killed by a US grenade during a rescue effort.-External links:**...
- Armadale
- AultiphurstAultiphurstAultiphurst , in Strathy, Sutherland, is a village in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland.Aultiphurst was settled as a clearance village mostly from the Naver Highland clearances. During the 19th century more than 30 people worked several crofts belonging to the Mackays...
- Balnacraig
- BettyhillBettyhillBettyhill is a village on the north coast of Scotland.Bettyhill lies on the A836 road west of Thurso and from Tongue. And 5 miles from the village of Skerray Its former fishing port was called Navermouth...
- Farr (the hamlet)
- LednagullinLednagullinLednagullin is a village on the south east shore of Armadale Bay in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....
- MelvichMelvichMelvich is a village in the county of Sutherland on the North Coast of Scotland, situated on the A836 road, near the mouth of the River Halladale. It has a successful Gaelic choir.-External links: Ordnance Survey Grid reference for Melvich...
- StrathnaverStrathnaverStrathnaver or Strath Naver is the fertile strath of the River Naver, a famous salmon river that flows from Loch Naver to the north coast of Scotland...
- SwordlySwordlySwordly is an extremely remote hamlet, located on the Bay of Swordly, on the north coastline of Scotland in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....
- Upper BighouseUpper BighouseUpper Bighouse is a remote linear crofting township, which lies on the west bank of the Halladale River in the former county of Sutherland. It is now in the Highland council area. Upper Bighouse is located 4 miles south of Melvich....