Rhitongue

Settlement in Sutherland

Scotland

Rhitongue

A836, Coldbackie The A836 runs 122 miles from Dornoch Bridge to John O' Groats <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7086916">ND3872 : A836, John O' Groats</a>. Much of it is still single track.
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A836, Coldbackie Credit: N Chadwick

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A836, Coldbackie The A836 runs 122 miles from Dornoch Bridge to John O' Groats <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7086916">ND3872 : A836, John O' Groats</a>. Much of it is still single track.
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A836, Coldbackie
The A836 runs 122 miles from Dornoch Bridge to John O' Groats ND3872 : A836, John O' Groats. Much of it is still single track. LinkExternal link
View from Coldbackie Out over the bay with the Rabbit Islands distant.
View from Coldbackie
Out over the bay with the Rabbit Islands distant.
Tor Aluinn Holiday accommodation in Coldbackie
Tor Aluinn
Holiday accommodation in Coldbackie
Sand Dunes, Coldbackie The beach and sand dunes, Coldbackie, Sutherland.
Sand Dunes, Coldbackie
The beach and sand dunes, Coldbackie, Sutherland.
Evening at Coldbackie beach
Evening at Coldbackie beach
Tongue Bay - 1978 Tongue Bay seen from the beach near Coldbackie. Rabbit Islands visible in the distance.
Tongue Bay - 1978
Tongue Bay seen from the beach near Coldbackie. Rabbit Islands visible in the distance.
Coldbackie beach - 1978 Coldbackie beach, Kyle of Tongue.
Coldbackie beach - 1978
Coldbackie beach, Kyle of Tongue.
Coldbackie beach With the Rabbit Islands in the distance.
Coldbackie beach
With the Rabbit Islands in the distance.
Coldbackie beach - Kyle of Tongue A parcel of oystercatchers spotted on the beach at the mouth of the kyle. The most westerly bay is only accessible at low tide. The township of Melness is seen across the kyle. The houses are those featured in the photograph taken in 1978 <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2965631">NC6060 : Coldbackie beach - 1978</a>.
Coldbackie beach - Kyle of Tongue
A parcel of oystercatchers spotted on the beach at the mouth of the kyle. The most westerly bay is only accessible at low tide. The township of Melness is seen across the kyle. The houses are those featured in the photograph taken in 1978 NC6060 : Coldbackie beach - 1978.
Rhitongue Looking across fields towards the Kyle of Tongue from the A838 South of Coldbackie.
Rhitongue
Looking across fields towards the Kyle of Tongue from the A838 South of Coldbackie.
Renovating old school near Coldbackie
Renovating old school near Coldbackie
The Kyle of Tongue, drying Much of the Kyle dries at low water. Watching the sands come and go is rather addictive.
The Kyle of Tongue, drying
Much of the Kyle dries at low water. Watching the sands come and go is rather addictive.
Road (A836) near to Woodend Looking north-eastward.
Road (A836) near to Woodend
Looking north-eastward.
Entering Coldbackie, A836 The A836 runs 122 miles from Dornoch Bridge to John O' Groats <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7086916">ND3872 : A836, John O' Groats</a>. Much of it is still single track.
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Entering Coldbackie, A836
The A836 runs 122 miles from Dornoch Bridge to John O' Groats ND3872 : A836, John O' Groats. Much of it is still single track. LinkExternal link
Kyle of Tongue before the A838 causeway was built Hills on sky line (right to left): Ben Tongue, Cnoc an Fhreiceadain, Ben Blandy, hills on Hoy in the Orkneys. In foreground is, probably, the nameless lochan at NC 550 572 on the eastern side of Cnoc Lon nan Eildean.
Kyle of Tongue before the A838 causeway was built
Hills on sky line (right to left): Ben Tongue, Cnoc an Fhreiceadain, Ben Blandy, hills on Hoy in the Orkneys. In foreground is, probably, the nameless lochan at NC 550 572 on the eastern side of Cnoc Lon nan Eildean.
Cottages at Woodend Pleasantly situated off the main road, A836, and overlooking the Kyle of Tongue
Cottages at Woodend
Pleasantly situated off the main road, A836, and overlooking the Kyle of Tongue
Track heading north at Woodend Though it does not go down as far as the estuary
Track heading north at Woodend
Though it does not go down as far as the estuary
View from Rhitongue A view of the Kyle of Tongue.
View from Rhitongue
A view of the Kyle of Tongue.
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Rhitongue is located at Grid Ref: NC6059 (Lat: 58.498841, Lng: -4.4036238)

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Police Authority: Highlands and Islands

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