Skullomie

Scullomie is a small fishing and crofting township at the head of Tongue Bay in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is located around 3 miles north of the village of Tongue on the northern coast of Scotland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Scullomie” and “Sgulomie”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cnoc an Fhreiceadain.

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is a coastal mountain peak in northern Scotland. It is 307 metres high with commanding views along the north coast of Scotland to Orkney in the east to Durness and Arkle in the West.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coldbackie and Skerray.

Coldbackie

Village

Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coldbackie is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland.

Skerray

Village

Photo: Tim Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Skerray is a remote small crofting hamlet and fishing port on the north coast of Sutherland, Scotland. It is located 7+3⁄4 miles by road northeast of Tongue and 40+1⁄4 miles by road west of Thurso. Skerray is situated 3 miles northeast of Skullomie.

Tongue

Village

Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.

Tongue is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the northern part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836. Tongue is situated 3 miles southwest of Skullomie.

Skullomie

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.517° or 58° 31′ 1″ north

Longitude

-4.37488° or 4° 22′ 30″ west

Elevation

131 feet (40 metres)

Open location code

9CCQGJ8G+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 613104627

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2637684

Wikidata ID

Q2627202

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Satellite Map

Discover Skullomie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Basque to Dutch—“Skullomie” goes by many names.

Basque: “Skullomie”
Dutch: “Skullomie”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Broch and Ben Tongue.

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