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Clashnessie

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Also known as Clais an Easaidh

Clashnessie () is a small crofting community in the Assynt area of Sutherland on the north-west coast of Scotland.

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Locality
Stoer
Region
Alba / Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Population
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Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Clashnessie
Time zone
UTC±00:00
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Commons category
Clashnessie
historic county
Sutherland
native label
Clais an Easaidh
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Clashnessie () 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. Although north of Inverness, the village's micro-climate is generally mild, due to the closeness to the Atlantic Ocean Gulf Stream.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clashnessie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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