Old travel Blog photograph of Sango Bay by Durness, Northern Sutherland, Scotland. Sango Bay offers camping and caravan sites and is popular with surfers. Surrounded by low cliffs, it is also of interest to geologists, providing some classic exposures of the Moine Thrust zone. The settlement of Sangomore lies to the southwest and the Smoo Cave is a half mile to the southeast. The northwest corner of Sutherland, traditionally known as the Province of Strathnaver, was not incorporated into Sutherland until 1601. This was the home of the powerful and warlike Clan Mackay, and as such was named in Gaelic, Dùthaich 'Ic Aoidh, the Homeland of Mackay. Even today this part of Sutherland is known as Mackay Country, and, unlike other areas of Scotland where the names traditionally associated with the area have become diluted, there is still a preponderance of Mackays in the Dùthaich.
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