The A838 is a
major road in
Sutherland, in the
Highland
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area of
Scotland
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. It runs generally northwest from the
A836 in the
Lairg
Lairg ( gd, An Luirg, meaning "the shank/shin") is a village and parish in Sutherland, Scotland. It has a population of 891 and is at the south-eastern end of Loch Shin.
Lairg is unusual in the northern Highlands in being a large settlement th ...
area to
Laxford Bridge on the west coast of Scotland, then generally northeast to
Durness
Durness ( gd, 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 north of Inverness. The area is remote, and the parish is ...
on the north coast, and then generally east/southeast to
Tongue
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, where it rejoins the A836. The A836 takes a more direct route from Lairg to Tongue.
The A838 has a
junction
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with two other
classified roads, the
A894 at
Laxford Bridge, and the B801 at Rhiconich.
Between Lairg and Laxford Bridge the road runs close to five
lochs:
Loch Shin
Loch Shin ( gd, Loch Sìn, ) is a loch in the Scottish North West Highlands. To the south is the small town of Lairg. The loch, the largest in Sutherland, runs from the north-west to the south-east and is long.
In the 1950s, the level of the loc ...
,
Loch a' Ghriama,
Loch Merkland,
Loch More and
Loch Stack as well as the coastal inlet of the
Kyle of Durness
Kyle of Durness is a coastal inlet on the north coast of Scotland in the county of Sutherland. It extends inland from Balnakeil and divides the Cape Wrath peninsula from the mainland.Groome.F.H (1885) 'Parish of Durness', ''Ordnance Gazetteer ...
. Between Durness and Tongue the road loops south to skirt
Loch Eriboll
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Loch Eriboll (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Euraboil") is a long sea loch on the north coast of Scotland, which has been used for centuries as a deep water anchorage as it is safe from the often stormy seas of Cape Wrath and the Pentland Firt ...
, and the
Kyle of Tongue Bridge and causeway cross the
Kyle of Tongue
The Kyle of Tongue ( gd, Caol Thunga) is a shallow sea loch in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of Sutherland. Featuring a rocky coastline, its mouth is formed at Tongue Bay. The community of Tongue is situated on the Kyle's easte ...
.
References
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Roads in Scotland
Transport in Highland (council area)