Rhives
Rhives is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Rhives is situated nearby to the village Golspie, as well as near the hamlet Backies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Golspie railway station and Golspie High School.
Golspie railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Bremner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Golspie railway station is a railway station serving the village of Golspie in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is on the Far North Line, situated between Rogart and Dunrobin Castle, 84 miles 30 chains from Inverness.
Golspie High School
School
Golspie High School is a secondary school in Golspie, in Sutherland in the north of Scotland. In 2023 there were 264 pupils on the school roll. Pupils are from a catchment area that is particularly vast, stretching as far north as Kinbrace, as far south as the Mound and as far west as Rosehall.
Ben Bhraggie
Peak
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ben Bhraggie is a hill in Scotland which rises to an elevation of 397 metres above sea level. The hill dominates the skyline above the village of Golspie and is visible from many parts of east Sutherland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golspie and Doll.
Golspie
Village
Photo: Piotr Grzegorz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Golspie is a village and parish in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, which lies on the North Sea coast in the shadow of Ben Bhraggie. It has a population of around 1,350.
Doll
Village
Doll is a scattered mixed crofting township and rural village 2 miles southwest of Brora, on the A9 coast road, on the east coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Doll is situated 4 miles northeast of Rhives.
Embo
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Embo is a village in the Highland Council Area in Scotland and the former postal county of Sutherland, about two miles north-northeast of Dornoch. On 16 July 1988, Embo declared itself independent from the rest of the United Kingdom for one day. Embo is situated 4½ miles south of Rhives.
Rhives
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.97694° or 57° 58′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.98313° or 3° 58′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C9RX2G8+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 649459058OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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