Ardgay ( gd, Àird Gaoith or ''Àird Ghaoithe'')
high wind" - see below Further reading: MacGregoris a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the
Dornoch Firth
The Dornoch Firth ( gd, Caolas Dhòrnaich, ) is a firth on the east coast of Highland, in northern Scotland. It forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north. The firth is designated as a nat ...
,
Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
and is 1 mile south from
Bonar Bridge
Bonar Bridge ( gd, Drochaid a' Bhanna, ) is a village on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland to the west and the Dornoch Firth to the east in the Parish of Creich in the Highland council area of Scotland.
The Kyle of Sutherland ("the Kyl ...
and lies at the entrance to
Strath
A strath is a large valley, typically a river valley that is wide and shallow (as opposed to a glen, which is typically narrower and deep).
Word and etymology
An anglicisation of the Gaelic word ''srath'', it is one of many that have been ab ...
carron, the valley of the
River Carron and is at the mouth of the Kyle of Sutherland.
In the
Highland Council
The Highland Council (' ), the political body covering the Highland local authority created in 1995, comprises 21 wards, each electing three or four councillors by the single transferable vote system, which creates a form of proportional represe ...
area, Ardgay is in Ward 1, the North, West and Central Sutherland ward. The Ardgay & District Community Council serves the area. Ardgay is also the postal town for the area covered by
IV24, even although Bonar Bridge is a larger settlement and provides the
Delivery Office for the IV24 local area.
Ardgay is served by
Ardgay railway station
Ardgay railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ardgay and its neighbour Bonar Bridge in the Highland (council area), Highland Council areas of Scotland, council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, from , be ...
. The hamlet of
Kincardine lies less than 1 mile south east along the
A836 coast road.
National Cycle Route 1
NCN route 1
Sustrans Cycle Route 1. passes through Ardgay.
References
Further reading
* MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin ''The Goat Wife: Portrait of a Village''. London: William Heinemann, 1939.
*--do.--Revised and enlarged. London: Museum Press, 1951.
*Stephen Copley, et al. ''The Kyle of Sutherland: a brief history''. Kyle of Sutherland Heritage Society, 2015.
External links
Community Council Website
Alladale Wilderness Reserve
Croick Church
KoSH Ardgay based history & cultural society
Populated places in Sutherland
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