Oldshoremore is a scattered crofting

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in the Eddrachillis parish of

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 ...

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. It incorporates around twenty houses, though several of these are holiday homes. Rocky coastline beyond Oldshoremore Beach - geograph

Once owned by the

Duke of Sutherland Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made th ...

, Oldshoremore and the surrounding area are now part of the Sandwood Estate, a nature reserve owned by the

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. Directly west lies Oldshoremore Bay, a sandy beach with a large headland at its northern end known as Eilean na h-Aiteig. The hamlet also contains a car park, toilet facilities, a post box, and a cemetery. A small

loch ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...

known as Loch Àisir lies to the east. The nearest good-sized town is

Kinlochbervie Kinlochbervie ( gd, Ceann Loch Biorbhaidh, ) is a scattered harbour village in the north west of Sutherland, in the Highland region of Scotland. It is the most northerly port on the west coast of Scotland. Geography Sandwood Bay, a scenic beach ...

which lies approximately one mile to the south-east. The hamlet of Oldshore Beg lies to the north-west.

Gallery

File:Oldshoremore Bay - Cattle - geograph.org.uk - 679929.jpg, Cattle on the southern path to the beach File:Loch Aisir Mòr - geograph.org.uk - 821567.jpg, The loch File:Oldshoremore cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 443289.jpg, The cemetery File:The "frog rock" at Oldshoremore beach - geograph.org.uk - 1025136.jpg, The 'frog rock' File:Beach in Oldshoremore - geograph.org.uk - 1437736.jpg, View of the bay from the road

References

Oldshoremore
Kinlochbervie Self Catering.

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