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Altnaharrow (Gael. allt-na-charra, 'stream of the stone pillar'), a hamlet in Farr parish, Sutherland, near the head of Loch Naver, on the road from Bonar-Bridge to Tongue, 21 miles N of Lairg station, and 17 S of Tongue. It has a post office under Lairg, an inn, a Free church, and a fair for cattle and horses on the Friday of September before Kyle of Sutherland.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Farr ScoP Sutherland ScoCnty |
Place names: | ALLT NA CHARRA | ALTNAHARROW |
Place: | Altnaharra |
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