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Clachtoll
Sign in to saveClachtoll () is a coastal fishing and crofting village situated on the Bay of Clachtoll, in the ancient parish of Assynt, Sutherland county, in the Highland Council area on the north western edge of Scotland. It is in the postal district of Lairg, a larger village about inland. South of the village center is the start of the Clachtoll Peat Road––a hiking trail that extends into the Scottish Highlands with views of Suilven and other mountains in the distance.
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- Clachtoll
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- Alba / Scotland
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- United Kingdom
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Clachtoll () is a coastal fishing and crofting village situated on the Bay of Clachtoll, in the ancient parish of Assynt, Sutherland county, in the Highland Council area on the north western edge of Scotland. It is in the postal district of Lairg, a larger village about inland. South of the village center is the start of the Clachtoll Peat Road––a hiking trail that extends into the Scottish Highlands with views of Suilven and other mountains in the distance.
The name Clachtoll derives from Gaelic, and refers to the very large broken rock, the remains of a natural arch (Gaelic: clach is "stone" or "rock" and toll means "hole", "cavity", etc.) on the headland near Clacktoll beach. Adjacent to the beach is a memorial to the Reverend Norman Macleod, a charismatic evangelical Protestant minister who was born in the area and eventually settled in Waipu, New Zealand.