The Seaboard Villages ( gd, Na Trì Port Mara) are three contiguous coastal villages, situated about 10 km southeast of the town of
Tain
Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland.
Etymology
The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The ...
in
Easter Ross
Easter Ross ( gd, Ros an Ear) is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland.
The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons constituenc ...
,
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
. They face east onto the
Moray Firth
The Moray Firth (; Scottish Gaelic: ''An Cuan Moireach'', ''Linne Mhoireibh'' or ''Caolas Mhoireibh'') is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Scotl ...
.
Namely (from North to South):
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Hilton of Cadboll
Hilton of Cadboll, or simply Hilton, ( gd, Baile a' Chnuic) is a village about southeast of Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is famous for the Hilton of Cadboll Stone.
Hilton of Cadboll, Balintore, and Shandwi ...
- which has the pier
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Balintore - which has the harbour
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Shandwick
Shandwick ( gd, Seannduaig), a village near Tain in Easter Ross, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland, Scotland.
Hilton, Balintore, and Shandwick are known collectively as the Seaboard Villages. It is well known because of the ne ...
- which has the bay
External links
''Down to the Sea'' - online version of history book of Hilton, Balintore, and ShandwickHistory Website'' - online archive of the social history of the Seaboard Villages; Hilton, Balintore, and Shandwick
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Populated places in Ross and Cromarty