Skerray
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| Dialling code | 01641 |
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Skerray (Template:Langx) is a remote small crofting hamlet and fishing port on the north coast of Sutherland, Scotland.[1] It is located Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.7+3⁄4 miles (12.5 kilometres) by road northeast of Tongue and Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.40+1⁄4 miles (65 kilometres) by road west of Thurso.[2] Skerray is home to a community of artists and a group of tree planters.
Geography
Skerray, whose name means "between the rocks and the sea", is so called because it is situated on a rocky promontory on the Atlantic Ocean between Tongue to the southwest and Bettyhill to the east.[3] There is an additional location called Skerray one mile (1.5 kilometres) to the west. The community is located north of the A836 road from Tongue. The nearest local airport and main line rail station are at Wick and Thurso.
Skerray is the main village in "Mackay Country", historically attributed to Clan Mackay. There are 11 townships in the community, Torrisdale, Achtoty, Lotts, Clashaidy, Clashlevan, Achnabat, Clashbuie, Modsary, Lamigo, Strathanbeg, Strathan, and Slettel, now deserted.[3] To the south are the lakes of Lochan Modsane, Loch na Coit, Lochan nam Burag, Lochan an Tigh-choimhid and Loch Skerray, with Lochan Ruadh to the southwest.[2] Just off the coast of Skerray Bay are Neave Island and Eilean nan Ròn to the northwest.
Skerray Bay contains a small harbour and pier. The harbour, situated west of Melvich,[4] has a natural rocky ridge, open to the north.[5] The foundation stone for Port Skerray was laid in October 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland.[6] The Skerray stream, Strathskerray, is approximately three miles (five kilometres) in length and empties at the sea.[7]
Economy
The Skerray economy, historically based on crofting and fishing, saw dramatic changes in its population, which fell from 500 in 1926 to around 100 by the 1980s.[8] In the late 19th century, the North Sea Pilot noted that, "At Skerray, Isle Roan, and Torrisdale, 25 boats and 120 men and boys are employed in the fisheries."[9] Skerray has been a crofting community, though with the decline of crofting in this area, dwellings are expected to be converted to holiday homes.[10] A five-year Scottish National Heritage research project that began in 1994 gave some of Skerry's crofters the opportunity to participate in an agricultural and environmental management study in exchange for annual payments.[11] A group of artists live and work in Skerray,[8] as well as the A' Chraobh ("The Tree") Group which planted the Millennium Forest at Borgie.[12] The economy has expanded to include tourism.[13]
Landmarks
Skerray has a small shop, Jimson's, with an incorporated post office. The main store closed in the early 1960s.[14] The adjacent building to Jimson's is now home to a small art gallery featuring art work from local artists. The hamlet also contains Skerray Village Hall. The main church in Skerray is the Free Church (in the hamlet of Achtoty) and, as of 1988, it was reported to be "just about surviving, having had no minister for four years" but has fallen into a ruined state of repair.[3][14]
Education
A parochial schoolhouse was built in Skerray in 1836.[15] While primary education remains local, secondary education is provided at Farr High School in Bettyhill.[13]
Tourism
Musical groups from other countries perform in the community hall.[8] Cliffs and inlets along the coastline are explored by sea kayaking enthusiasts.[16]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Royal Scottish Geographical Society (1987). Scottish Geographical Magazine. Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maps (Map). Google Maps.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SKERRAY". Mackaycountry.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland (Public domain ed.). A. and C. Black. 1857. p. 568.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.United States. Hydrographic Office (1915). British Islands pilot (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. p. 343.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Railway news ... (Public domain ed.). 1894. p. 510.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland: I-Z (Public domain ed.). A. Fullarton. 1853. pp. 761–.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, Angèle Patricia; Gazin-Schwartz, Amy (2008). Landscapes of clearance: archaeological and anthropological perspectives. Left Coast Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-59874-266-4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept (1895). North Sea pilot. Sold by J. D. Potter. p. 40.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jedrej, Charles; Jȩdrej, M. Charles; Nuttall, Mark (1995). White settlers: the impact of rural repopulation in Scotland. Psychology Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-3-7186-5753-7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Agricultural Demonstration Projects Could Help Target Funding". Scottish National Heritage. 5 August 1999.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Society and space. Pion Ltd. 2002. p. 538.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."247 TORRISDALE, SKERRAY, SUTHERLAND KW14 7TH". orkneyit.com. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, John Smart (September 1988). The County of Sutherland. Scottish Academic Press. p. 270. ISBN 9780707305363.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Great Britain. Committee on Education (1844). Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education Correspondence, Financial Statements, etc., and Reports by Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools (Public domain ed.). Clowes. p. 656.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cooper, Doug; Reid, George (2005). Scottish Sea Kayaking: Fifty Great Sea Kayak Voyages. Pesda Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-9547061-2-8.
