Crask

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Crask
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A view of Farr Bay looking from Crask.
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Crask
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference NC721625
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bettyhill
Postcode district KW14 7
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
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UK
Scotland
58°31′52″N4°11′49″W / 58.531°N 4.197°W / 58.531; -4.197 Coordinates: 58°31′52″N4°11′49″W / 58.531°N 4.197°W / 58.531; -4.197

Crask is a small remote hamlet, situated on Farr Bay in the Scottish Highlands, on the shore of northern Sutherland in the Scottish council area of Highland.

The village of Bettyhill lies less than 1 mile to the west along the A836 road. The village of Farr is situated immediately to the east. It is the fictional setting on the West coast of Scotland, used in John Buchan's novel 'John Macnab'.

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