Tour Scotland Photograph Kyle Of Durness

Tour Scotland travel photograph of Kyle of Durness on history visit and trip to Northern Sutherland, Scotland. A passenger service across the Kyle of Durness operates between May and September. The A838 road runs along the eastern shore of the kyle in its southern section, with an unclassified road leading to Keoldale, the only remaining settlement on the shore. The Cape Wrath passenger ferry operates from Keoldale providing the only access to Cape Wrath from the East.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Kyle of Durness

Tour Scotland photograph of Kyle of Durness, Sutherland, Scotland. Kyle of Durness is a coastal inlet on the north coast of Scotland in the county of Sutherland. It extends five miles inland from Balnakeil and divides the Cape Wrath peninsula from the mainland. The nearest village is Durness.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Durness Beach

Tour Scotland travel photography of Durness Beach on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Sutherland, Scotland. A remote township in the northwestern Highlands of Scotland, lying on the Kyle of Durness. A former seat of the Clan Mackay, with a large contingent of the Clan Morrison in the area as well. According to tradition, Ay Mac Hormaid (Aodh Mac Thormoid) married a daughter (or sister) of the Bishop of Caithness, who bestowed on the couple the whole of Durness, with Ashir. Aodh then brought over a colony of about 60 families, mostly of his clan.


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