Camore

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Camore
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Cadha Mòr
Camore is located in Sutherland
Camore
Camore
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid referenceNH777903
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIV25 3
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57°53′09″N 4°03′49″W / 57.88592°N 4.06372°W / 57.88592; -4.06372Coordinates: 57°53′09″N 4°03′49″W / 57.88592°N 4.06372°W / 57.88592; -4.06372

Camore (Scottish Gaelic: An Cadha Mòr) is a small hamlet, located 0.5 mile directly southeast of Evelix, and 1.5 miles west of Dornoch, in south east Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1] The name comes from the Gaelic cadha mòr meaning "big path" or "big passage".[2] The hamlet is purely residential.

References[]

  1. ^ "Camore". The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ Fraser, Ian A. "Norse & Celtic Place Names Around the Dornach Firth" (PDF). Scottish Society for Northern Studies. Retrieved 9 October 2020.


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