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OS grid reference
  
NC613599

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
IV27

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:21 PM

Council area
  
Lieutenancy areas
  
Highland, Sutherland

Country
  
Post town
  
LAIRG

EU Parliament
  
Scotland

Dialling code
  
01847

Civil parish
  
Tongue

Coldbackie

Weather
  
12°C, Wind W at 40 km/h, 60% Humidity

Coldbackie (Scottish Gaelic: Callbacaidh) is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland.

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Map of Coldbackie, Lairg, UK

Geography

Coldbackie lies at the mouth of the Kyle of Tongue, 2 miles (3.2 km) north east of Tongue. It sits under Cnoc an Fhreiceadain (the Watch Hill), looking north across Tongue Bay to the Rabbit Islands. It is one of a series of townships, running from Tongue along the A836 to Blandy. The township of Scullomie is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north.

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain has dramatic Old Red Sandstone conglomorate cliffs, and impressive views along the north coast of Scotland, from Durness to Orkney.

Etymology

The name Coldbackie could have old Norse or Gaelic roots. The place name Coldbackie is not unique to the Kyle of Tongue, with there being two Coldbacks in Shetland (in Unst and Delting) and one in north west Iceland, both areas where Norse roots would be more likely. Omand, in The Sutherland book, translates Coldbackie as kula-bakki, bank with the bump, whilst Stewart, in Place names of Shetland says that Coldbacks is Cold Hill.

References

Coldbackie Wikipedia


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