Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Melness

Melness, a hamlet in Tongue parish, Sutherland. The hamlet lies on the W side of Tongue Bay, 34 miles N by W of Lairg station. It has a Free church.—Ord. Sur., sh. 114, 1880.


(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: Tongue Parish       Sutherland County

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