Oldshore Beg is a remote crofting

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

, in western

Sutherland Sutherland () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Scandinavian Scotland, Viking era when t ...

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and is in the

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council area of

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. The hamlets of Balchrick, Droman, Blairmore and

Oldshoremore Oldshoremore is a scattered crofting hamlet in the Eddrachillis parish of Sutherland, Scotland. It incorporates around twenty houses, though several of these are holiday homes. Once owned by the Duke of Sutherland, Oldshoremore and the surroundi ...

are all located within of Oldshore Beg and are reached along the coast road from the south which passes through Achriesgill, Badcall and

Kinlochbervie Kinlochbervie (, ) is a scattered harbour village in the north west of Sutherland, in the Highland region of Scotland. It is the most northerly port on the west coast of Scotland. Geography Sandwood Bay, a scenic beach, is about a drive or a ...

to reach Oldshore Beg from

Rhiconich Rhiconich is a remote hamlet, located at the head of Loch Inchard, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands in the Scottish council area of Highland. Rhiconich is situated north-east of Laxford Bridge and south-west of Durness on the A838 road. The ...

. Oldshore Beg overlooks the small island of Eilean an Ròin Mòr which is uninhabited.

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Populated places in Sutherland {{Sutherland-geo-stub