Ardgay /ɑːrdˈɡ/ ard-GY (Scottish Gaelic: Àird Gaoith[2] or Àird Ghaoithe)[3] ["high wind"] is a small Scottish village on the south west shore of the Dornoch Firth, Sutherland and is 1 mile south from Bonar Bridge and lies at the entrance to Strathcarron, the valley of the River Carron and is at the mouth of the Kyle of Sutherland.

Ardgay
Ardgay is located in Sutherland
Ardgay
Ardgay
Location within the Sutherland area
Population517 (2001)[1]
OS grid referenceNH599904
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townARDGAY
Postcode districtIV24
Dialling code01863
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57°52′52″N 4°21′46″W / 57.8811°N 4.36288°W / 57.8811; -4.36288

In the Highland Council area, Ardgay is in Ward 1, the North, West and Central Sutherland ward. The Ardgay and District Community Council[4] serves the area. Ardgay is also the postal town for the area covered by IV24, even although Bonar Bridge is a larger settlement and provides the Delivery Office for the IV24 local area.[5]

Ardgay is served by Ardgay railway station.[6] The hamlet of Kincardine lies less than 1 mile south east along the A836 coast road. National Cycle Route 1[7][8] passes through Ardgay.

References edit

  1. ^ "Scottish Community Foundation" (PDF). Foundation Scotland. 1 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland". Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. ^ Duwe, Kurt C. (April 2005). "Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) Local Studies - Vol. 22: Cataibh an Ear & Gallaibh (East Sutherland & Caithness)" (PDF). Linguae Celticae. Hamburg. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2012.
  4. ^ Ardgay & District Community Council
  5. ^ "The ARDGAY Post Town". www.streetlist.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. ^ Ardgay railway station The station at Ardgay.
  7. ^ National Cycle Network Cycle Route 1.
  8. ^ NCN route 1 Sustrans Cycle Route 1.

Further reading edit

  • MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin The Goat Wife: Portrait of a Village. London: William Heinemann, 1939.
  • Stephen Copley, et al. The Kyle of Sutherland: a brief history. Kyle of Sutherland Heritage Society, 2015.

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