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Melness
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Melness
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference NC585630
Council area
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Lairg
Postcode district IV27 4
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58°31′55″N4°25′55″W / 58.532°N 4.432°W / 58.532; -4.432

Melness (Gaelic: Taobh Mhealanais) is a locality comprising a group of small remote crofting townships, lying to the west of Tongue Bay opposite Coldbackie, in the north coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. [1] [2] The individual hamlets are:

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References

  1. Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Melness". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. Microsoft; Nokia (26 February 2017). "Melness, Highland" (Map). Bing Maps . Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.