Old Photograph Clashnessie Bay Scotland

Old photograph of a crofters cottage by Clashnessie Bay located ten miles North of Lochinver, Sutherland, Scotland. The township, the old Scottish term for a crofting village, is scattered around the sandy beach of Clashnessie Bay and derives its name from the Gaelic clais an easaidh, meaning glen of the waterfall, referring to the waterfall at the head of the shallow glen in which most of the houses stand. Although 100 miles north of Inverness in the Highlands, the village's micro-climate is generally mild, due to the closeness to the Atlantic Ocean Gulf Stream.



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