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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]
Durness (Scottish Gaelic: Diùranais) is a village and civil parish in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.It lies on the north coast of the country in the traditional county of Sutherland, around 120 miles (190 kilometres) north of Inverness.
Rogart (/ ˈ r oʊ ɡ ɑːr t / ROH-gart, Scottish Gaelic: Sgìre Raoird or Raoghard, meaning "great enclosed field") [1] is a parish in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The parish was the home of Major Andrew MacDonald, who fought in the French and Indian War. [2] Andrew MacDonald (1721–1812)
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.
Lairg (Scottish Gaelic: An Luirg, meaning "the shank/shin") [1] is a village and parish in Sutherland, Scotland. [2] It has a population of 891 [ 3 ] and is at the south-eastern end of Loch Shin . Lairg is unusual in the northern Highlands in being a large settlement that is not on the coast .
Assynt (Scottish Gaelic: Asainn or Asainte [ˈas̪ɪɲtʲə]) is a sparsely populated area in the south-west of Sutherland, lying north of Ullapool on the west coast of Scotland. Assynt is known for its landscape and its remarkable mountains, which have led to the area, along with neighbouring Coigach , being designated as the Assynt-Coigach ...
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.