Ardgay /ɑːrdˈɡaɪ/ 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
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Location within the Sutherland area | |
Population | 517 (2001)[1] |
OS grid reference | NH599904 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ARDGAY |
Postcode district | IV24 |
Dialling code | 01863 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
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- ^ "Scottish Community Foundation" (PDF). Foundation Scotland. 1 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ "Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland". Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ardgay & District Community Council
- ^ "The ARDGAY Post Town". www.streetlist.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Ardgay railway station The station at Ardgay.
- ^ National Cycle Network Cycle Route 1.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Community Council Website
- Alladale Wilderness Reserve
- Croick Church
- KoSH Ardgay based history & cultural society