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 ...
in the Scottish Highlands.
Strathy is on the north coast of Scotland, on the A836 road some twenty miles west of Thurso. The village itself includes at least three distinct areas:
*Strathy East (on the right-hand side when passing through the village in the direction of Bettyhill, accessed by two roads leading towards ''Strathy Beach''),
*Strathy West (immediately to the south of Strathy East)
*Strathy Point.
These generally enclose the rest of the village, mainly comprising Steven Terrace. If welcoming signposts are taken to represent the limits of the village, Strathy is contained in these areas. However, some would say that Strathy also takes in the settlement of Baligill to the east, and also Brawl, Aultiphurst and Laidnagullin to the west, essentially the entire community found between the ''Baligill Burn'' and the ''Armadale 'Big' Burn''.
The Church of Scotland at Strathy has a prominent position as you drive into the village from the east.