Coldbackie
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{more references|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Coldbackie
| gaelic_name = Callbacaidh
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| country = Scotland
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| static_image_caption = Coldbackie by Tongue
| static_image_alt = Image of road running through Coldbackie
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| edinburgh_distance_mi = 183
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| map_type = Sutherland
| coordinates = {{coord|58.506|-4.382|display=inline,title}}
| post_town = LAIRG
| postcode_area = IV
| postcode_district = IV27
| dial_code = 01847
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| civil_parish = Tongue
| unitary_scotland = Highland
| lieutenancy_scotland = Sutherland
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Coldbackie ({{langx|gd|Callbacaidh}}) is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland.{{cite web |title=Coldbackie |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2243.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=17 June 2018}}
Geography
Coldbackie lies at the mouth of the Kyle of Tongue, {{convert|2|mi|km}} north east of Tongue. It sits under Cnoc an Fhreiceadain (the Watch Hill), looking north across Tongue Bay to the Rabbit Islands. It is one of a series of townships, running from Tongue along the A836 to Blandy. The township of Scullomie is {{convert|1|mi|km}} to the north.
Etymology
The name Coldbackie could have old Norse or Gaelic roots. The place name Coldbackie is not unique to the Kyle of Tongue, with there being two Coldbacks in Shetland (in Unst and Delting) and one in north west Iceland, both areas where Norse roots would be more likely. Omand, in The Sutherland book, translates Coldbackie as kula-bakki, bank with the bump, whilst Stewart, in Place names of Shetland says that Coldbacks is Cold Hill.
References
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External links
- [http://www.coldbackie.org.uk Coldbackie on the web]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120408210849/http://whatstodo.in/coldbackie Section on Coldbackie]