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
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 ...
.
Strathy is on the north coast of Scotland, on the A836 road some twenty miles west of
Thurso
Thurso (pronounced ; sco, Thursa, gd, Inbhir Theòrsa ) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Great ...
. 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
Bettyhill ( gd, Am Blàran Odhar) is a village in the parish of Farr, on the north coast of Scotland.
Bettyhill lies on the A836 road west of Thurso and from Tongue. It lies from the village of Skerray; its former fishing port was called N ...
, 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
Aultiphurst ( gd, Allt a' Phuirt), in Strathy, Sutherland, is a village in the Scottish Highlands-
The name Aultiphurst is a misspelling of , which is Gaelic meaning a "stream" () of the (''a''), port ().
Aultiphurst was settled as a clear ...
and
Laidnagullin
Lednagullin is a village on the south east shore of Armadale Bay in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mounta ...
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.