North Erradale is a remote coastal crofting village on the western coast of

Ross-shire Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire – a county consisting of ...

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...

and is in the Scottish council area of

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

. The villages of

Melvaig Melvaig is a remote village on the coast of western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is a cliff top village in Wester Ross Wester Ross () is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland ...

lies 4 miles to the north, along the coast road, with the village of

Big Sand Big Sand ( gd, Sannda Mhòr) is a small remote crofting village in Highland, Scotland. It is situated on the shores of the Gair Loch and is from Gairloch village. As the name suggests it is situated beside a large, unspoiled beach. Longa Isla ...

lying directly south.

Gairloch Gairloch ( ; gd, Geàrrloch , meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a go ...

lies 4–5 miles to the southeast. The village dates back to the early 19th century, having houses dating back to the 1920s. It lies beside the Gairloch coast where there are many caves and ancient rocks.

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Populated places in Ross and Cromarty {{Highland-geo-stub