Laid is a remote, linear

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scattered along the

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on the western shore of the sea loch,

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in the northern

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.Setback for Laid crofters' grazing plan
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'', 1999-10-24. Retrieved 2015-09-29.Gittings B, Munro
Laid
The Gazetteer for Scotland, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 2019-03-09. The township is close to the north coast of

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in the Scottish council area of

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around south of the village of

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 ...

. The township of Portnancon is located northeast of Laid, along the A838 road. The township was first settled in 1832, being created to house residents of

Eriboll Eriboll (Scottish Gaelic: Earabol) is a village in Sutherland, Scotland. The village is situated on the south eastern shore of Loch Eriboll, in the northern part of the former county of Sutherland. The main A838 coast road connects the villages o ...

who had been cleared from the eastern shore of Loch Erriboll.Loch Eriboll
Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 2015-09-29. The population has always been low with a small number of crofts on the land. The primary school closed in 1955. The area was considered as a site for a proposed "superquarry" during the 1990s. The plan would have meant a

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company, Vibel SA, develop the area for quarrying for aggregate use. The plans were dropped and Highland Council excluded the possibility of a major quarry in the area in its late 1990s structure plan, although plans for some mineral development continued.Highland estate to change hands
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'', 2000-03-27. Retrieved 2015-09-29.Crofters want mineral rights loophole closed
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'', 2003-01-03. Retrieved 2015-09-29.

References

Populated places in Sutherland Parish of Durness {{Highland-geo-stub