Halladale River at Upper Bighouse - geograph

Strath Halladale is a

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in the traditional county of

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in the north of

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down which the Halladale River flows to enter the

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Melvich Bay Melvich (from Norse Mel Vik – "sand dune bay" – rendered into ) is a village in the county of Sutherland on the north coast of Scotland. It is situated on the A836 road, near the mouth of the River Halladale. It has a successful Gaelic choir. ...

. It is followed by the

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between

Forsinard Forsinard ( ) is a hamlet in the county of Sutherland in the Highland area of Scotland. It is located on the A897 road in Strath Halladale. It is served by a railway station on the Far North Line. The local hotel closed several years ago, but t ...

and just short of

Melvich Melvich (from Norse Mel Vik – "sand dune bay" – rendered into ) is a village in the county of Sutherland on the north coast of Scotland. It is situated on the A836 road, near the mouth of the River Halladale. It has a successful Gaelic choir. ...

where it joins the A836 north coast road, just east of Halladale Bridge, the lowest road crossing of the river. The headwaters of the river gather within The Flows National Nature Reserve and head northwest towards Forsinard. The flow is soon joined by the left bank tributaries of the Catsack and Ewe

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. The main tributary is the left-bank River Dyke or Abhainn Bheag which joins just south of the twin settlements of

Trantlemore Trantlemore () is a small remote linear crofting township, lying on the left bank of the River Halladale, in Eastern Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The A897 road The A897 single track road i ...

and

Trantlebeg Trantlebeg () is a small village east of the Halladale River in Forsinard, east Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, el ...

on the west and eastern sides of the valley respectively. There are a large number of

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ruins within Strath Halladale.

References

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