Leckfurin
Leckfurin is a small remote village, which lies on the left bank of the River Naver, in northern Sutherland in Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The A836 road runs through Leckfurin.Photo: RH Dengate, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Leac Bhioirn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baile Mhargaite and Strathnaver Museum.
Baile Mhargaite
Archaeological site
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baile Mhargaite is an Iron Age broch in Strathnaver, Sutherland. It is a scheduled monument.
Strathnaver Museum
Museum
Strathnaver Museum is located in Bettyhill, Sutherland, Scotland. It is a fully accredited volunteer-run independent museum which first opened in 1976. Strathnaver Museum is situated 1½ miles north of Leckfurin.
Loch Salachaidh
Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Loch Salachaidh is situated 2 miles northeast of Leckfurin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Invernaver and Achina.
Invernaver
Hamlet
Invernaver is a small, remote hamlet, situated on the west bank of the River Naver as it flows into Torrisdale Bay, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Bettyhill
Village
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bettyhill is a village in the parish of Farr, on the north coast of Scotland. Bettyhill lies on the A836 road 32 miles west of Thurso and 12 miles from Tongue. Bettyhill is situated 1½ miles north of Leckfurin.
Leckfurin
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.50599° or 58° 30′ 22″ northLongitude
-4.21928° or 4° 13′ 9″ westOpen location code
9CCQGQ4J+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 8839327723OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q2251727
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Leckfurin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Leckfurin”
- Breton: “Leac Bhioirn”
- Cornish: “Leac Bhioirn”
- Dutch: “Leckfurin”
- Irish: “Leac Bhioirn”
- Manx: “Leac Bhioirn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Leac Bhioirn”
- Welsh: “Leac Bhioirn”
- “Leac Bhioirn”
- “Leckfurin”
- “Leckfurin - Leac Bhioirn”
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Highlights include Achcoillenaborgie,broch,Strathnaver and Coille na Borgie Cairns.
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