Melness
Encyclopedia
Melness is a locality, comprising a group of small remote crofting townships, lying to the west of Tongue Bay opposite Coldbackie
, in the north coast of Sutherland
, Scottish Highlands
and is in the Scottish
council area of Highland. The individual hamlets
are
Coldbackie
Coldbackie is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland.-Geography:Coldbackie lies at the head of the Kyle of Tongue, two miles north east of Tongue. It sits under the Watch Hill, looking north over a spectacular beach to the Rabbit Islands...
, in the north coast 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...
, Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
and is 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 Highland. The individual hamlets
are
- Achinahuagh,
- Achininver,
- Lubinvullin,
- Midtown,
- Portvasgo,
- Skinnet,
- Strathan,
- TalmineTalmine, SutherlandTalmine is a crofting and fishing township, overlooking Talmine Bay, an inlet on the western shore of Tongue Bay in northern Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland....
, - West Strathan