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Sutherland (Scottish Gaelic: Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Viking era when the area was ruled by the Jarl of Orkney; although Sutherland includes some of the northernmost land on the island of Great Britain, it was called Suðrland ("southern land") from the standpoint of Orkney and Caithness.
The area of the shire was that of the Diocese of Caithness and the sheriff was to sit at Dornoch or Wick. [18] [20] Caithness was restored to being a shire in 1641, but covering just the smaller area of the earldom of Caithness; other parts of the diocese had since been included in the shire of Sutherland created in 1633. [27]
Skerray (Scottish Gaelic: Sgeirea) is a remote small crofting hamlet and fishing port on the north coast of Sutherland, Scotland. [1] It is located 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (12.5 kilometres) by road northeast of Tongue and 40 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (65 kilometres) by road west of Thurso. [2] Skerray is home to a community of artists and a group of tree planters.
Tongue (Scottish Gaelic: Tunga from Old Norse: Tunga) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, [2] in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836. To the north lies the area of Braetongue.
Laid is a remote, linear crofting township scattered along the A838 road on the western shore of the sea loch, Loch Eriboll in Sutherland in the northern Scottish Highlands. [1] [2] The township is close to the north coast of Scotland in the Scottish council area of Highland around 6 miles (10 km) south of the village of Durness.
Dornoch (/ ˈ d ɔːr n ɒ x /; Scottish Gaelic: Dòrnach [ˈt̪ɔːrˠn̪ˠəx]; Scots: Dornach) is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east.
Location of Wester Ross and Easter Ross within Scotland.. Easter Ross (Scottish Gaelic: Ros an Ear) is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland.. The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons constituency and a Scottish Parliament constituency.
Kildonan is a parish in Sutherland, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is located in the east next to the boundary with Caithness. It has a coast line of about 5 miles, but extends about 25 miles inland. Its main settlement is Helmsdale. The name means church or chapel of St. Donan in Gaelic. [1]