Melness ( Gaelic: Taobh Mhealanais) is a locality, comprising a group of small remote crofting townships, lying to the west of

Tongue Bay Tongue Bay ( gd, Tunga from non, Tunga) is located in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. Skullomie is a small fishing and crofting hamlet at the head of the bay, while Melness is a group of cro ...

opposite

Coldbackie Coldbackie ( gd, Callbacaidh) is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland. Geography Coldbackie lies at the mouth of the Kyle of Tongue, north east of Tongue. It sits under Cnoc an Fhreiceadai ...

, in the north coast 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 ( ...

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 ...

and is in the

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

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 individual hamlets are: *

Achnahuaigh Achnahuaigh or Achinahuaigh (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh na h-Uamha) is a crofting hamlet and neighbourhood in the Melness area of Sutherland in the Highland council area in Northern Scotland. The hamlet is located on the minor road which passes thou ...

( Gaelic: Achadh na h-Uamha) * Achininver ( Gaelic: Achadh an Inbhir) * Achintyhalavin *

Lubinvullin Melness (Gaelic: Taobh Mhealanais) is a locality, comprising a group of small remote crofting townships, lying to the west of Tongue Bay opposite Coldbackie, in the north coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area ...

( Gaelic: Lùb a' Mhuilinn) * Midfield ( Gaelic: Pàirce Meadhanach) * Midtown ( Gaelic: Baile Meadhanach) * Portvasgo ( Gaelic: Port Faisgeach) * Skinnet ( Gaelic: Sgianaid) *

Strath Melness A strath is a large valley, typically a river valley that is wide and shallow (as opposed to a glen, which is typically narrower and deep). Word and etymology An anglicisation of the Gaelic word ''srath'', it is one of many that have been abs ...

( Gaelic: Strath Mhealanais) * Strathan ( Gaelic: Srathan) * Talmine ( Gaelic: Tealamainn) *

West Strathan West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

( Gaelic: Srathan Shuas)

References

{{reflist Populated places in Sutherland