Clashnessie
Local name: Clais an Easaidh
Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°13′22″ N 5°18′48″ W
- Elevation
- 16 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
About Clashnessie
Clashnessie is a village. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 16 m.
Clashnessie (Scottish Gaelic: Clais an Easaidh) is a small crofting community in the Assynt area of Sutherland on the north-west coast of Scotland. The township (the old Scottish term for a crofting village) is scattered around the sandy beach of Clashnessie Bay and derives its name from the Gaelic clais an easaidh, meaning glen (clais) of the (an) waterfall (easaidh), referring to the waterfall at the head of the shallow glen in which most of the houses stand.
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In comparison
- Nearest larger town: Drumbeg, 7 km E
- 107 sights and natural places within 10 km Cnoc a' Mhuilin, Cnoc Ruigh a' Chairn
Airports nearest to Clashnessie
- Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 60 km
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 107 km
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 133 km
Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Cnoc a' Mhuilin Mountain, Highland0.5 km SE
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Cnoc Ruigh a' Chairn Mountain, Highland1.1 km NW
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Cnoc an Easain Mountain, Highland1.2 km S
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Meall na h-Airighe Sleibhe Mountain, Highland1.8 km S
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Cnoc a' Ghrianain Mor Mountain, Highland2 km SE
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Beinn an Fhreiceadain Mountain, Highland2.1 km SW
Sources & licences
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