Sheigra or Shegra is a small holiday settlement on the east coast of the
Tongue district of
Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
in the
Highland
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council area in
Scotland.
It is located 4 miles from
Kinlochbervie and the
B801 road and nearly 60 miles from
Thurso and the
A9 and 40 miles from
Ullapool and the
A835.
The settlement consists mostly of lodges, holidays homes, beaches and campgrounds.
Norse vikings used Sheigra as a stopover on their journey to pillage the township of Conlig in County Down, Northern Ireland in their search for gold and silver left behind by Spanish pilgrims. The Norse culture was left behind and today still exists through local dialect, customs and dress.
References
Populated places in Sutherland
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