Sangobeg

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Sangobeg
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Sangobeg
Sangobeg shown within the Sutherland area
Population 6 
OS grid reference NC427659
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Durness
Postcode district IV27 4
Dialling code 01971
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58°33′13″N4°42′13″W / 58.55348°N 4.70361°W / 58.55348; -4.70361 Coordinates: 58°33′13″N4°42′13″W / 58.55348°N 4.70361°W / 58.55348; -4.70361

Sangobeg (Scottish Gaelic : Saingea Beag) is a remote coastal crofting township which overlooks Sangobeg Sands in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands in the Scottish council area of Highland. [1] A legacy of the clearances, this small township sits near the township of Leirinmore on the edge of Durness around 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest along the A838 road.

Crofting form of land tenure and small-scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands and Islands, and formerly on the Isle of Man

Crofting is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man. Within the 19th century townships, individual crofts are established on the better land, and a large area of poorer-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing of their livestock.

Township Designation for types of settlement as administrative territorial entities

Township refers to various kinds of settlements in different countries.

Sutherland Historic county in Scotland

Sutherland is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness to the east, Ross-shire to the south and the Atlantic to the north and west. Like its southern neighbour Ross-shire, Sutherland has some of the most dramatic scenery in the whole of Europe, especially on its western fringe where the mountains meet the sea. These include high sea cliffs, and very old mountains composed of Precambrian and Cambrian rocks.

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Sangobeg Bay

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