Melness
Melness
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 Beach at Melness | |
  Melness Location within the Sutherland area | |
| OS grid reference | NC585636 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lairg |
| Postcode district | IV27 4 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
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 of Highland.[1][2] The individual hamlets are:
- Achnahuaigh (Gaelic: Achadh na h-Uamha)
- Achininver (Gaelic: Achadh an Inbhir)
- Lubinvullin (Gaelic: Lùb a' Mhuilinn)
- Midtown (Gaelic: Baile Meadhanach)
- Portvasgo (Gaelic: Port Faisgeach)
- Skinnet (Gaelic: Sgianaid)
- Strathan (Gaelic: Srathan)
- Talmine (Gaelic: Tealamainn)
- West Strathan (Gaelic: Srathan Shuas)