Scullomie is a small fishing and

crofting Crofting (Scottish Gaelic: ') is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production peculiar to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man. Within the 19th-century townships, individual crofts were est ...

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 ...

at the head of Tongue Bay in

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 ...

in the

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. It is located around north of the village of

Tongue The tongue is a Muscle, muscular organ (anatomy), organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for chewing and swallowing as part of the digestive system, digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper s ...

on the northern coast of Scotland and is in the

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council area of

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally, ''upland'' refers to a range of hills, typically from up to , while ''highland'' is usually reserved for range ...

. The place name is spelled Skullomie on some

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maps.An Imaginary Drive round Tongue Parish
Mary Young's Scullomie pages, September 2004. Retrieved 2014-02-16. The township lies on the eastern shore of Tongue Bay just north of the mouth of the

Kyle of Tongue The Kyle of Tongue () is a shallow sea loch in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of Sutherland. Featuring a rocky coastline, its mouth is formed at Tongue Bay. The community of Tongue is situated on the Kyle's eastern shore and t ...

. Scullomie pier, a category B

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

, was built using a

drystone Dry stone, sometimes called drystack or, in Scotland, drystane, is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. A certain amount of binding is obtained through the use of carefully ...

technique.Scullomie Pier, Tongue
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2014-02-16. It was one of the sites from which crofters embarked on ships to locations such as America and Australia during the

Highland Clearances The Highland Clearances ( , the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, mostly in two phases from 1750 to 1860. The first phase resulted from Scottish Agricultural R ...

.Scullomie
Ports and harbours of the UK. Retrieved 2014-02-16. The Rabbit Islands are offshore around to the north. The

A836 The A836 is a major road entirely within the Highland area of Scotland. It is long and runs from Ross and Cromarty to Caithness, with the majority of its length in Sutherland. At 58.648°N where it passes through East Mey, it is the northernm ...

runs to the south through the township of Coldbackie. Records from the Sutherland estate show that in 1836 the township comprised 13 crofts.1836 Rental of small tenantry in Tongue
Mary Young's Scullomie pages. Retrieved 2013-02-16.

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Populated places in Sutherland {{Sutherland-geo-stub