2011 Schotland Farr Stone Farr Parish Church - Strathnaver Museum 4-06-2011 21-17-40

Farr () is a

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

in the county of

Sutherland Sutherland () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Scandinavian Scotland, Viking era when t ...

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, ''upland'' refers to a range of hills, typically from up to , while ''highland'' is usually reserved for range ...

. The parish also includes a small hamlet named Farr. The village of

Bettyhill Bettyhill () 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 Navermouth. To the ea ...

lies less than to the west of the hamlet along the

A836 The A836 is a major road entirely within the Highland area of Scotland. It is long and runs from Ross and Cromarty to Caithness, with the majority of its length in Sutherland. At 58.648°N where it passes through East Mey, it is the northernm ...

road.

Parish of Farr

Villages and hamlets

The Parish of Farr is defined by the community council areas of 1) Bettyhill, Strathnaver and Altnaharra, 2) Strathy and Armadale and 3) Melvich (including Portskerra, Strath Halladale as far as Forsinard).Villages and hamlets within the parish of Farr include: * Achiemore * Achina *

Altnaharra Altnaharra () is a small hamlet in Sutherland in the Highland region of northern Scotland. The hamlet is on the A836 road, close to its junction with the B873. The nearest villages are Lairg and Tongue. Lochs in the area include Loch Naver an ...

* Armadale *

Aultiphurst Aultiphurst (), 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 clearance village mostly fr ...

*Balnacraig *

*Farr (the hamlet) * Lednagullin * Melvich *

Strathnaver Strathnaver or Strath Naver () is the fertile strath of the River Naver, a famous salmon river that flows from Loch Naver to the north coast of Scotland. The term has a broader use as the name of an ancient province also known as the Mackay Co ...

* Swordly * Upper Bighouse

References

Populated places in Sutherland Parishes in Sutherland

Farr, Sutherland Farr () is a Civil parishes in Scotland, parish in the county of Sutherland in the Scottish council area of Highland (council area), Highland. The parish also includes a small hamlet named Farr. The village of Bettyhill lies less than to the wes ...

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