Inveralligin

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| official_name = Inveralligin

| scots_name =

| gaelic_name = Inbhir Àiliginn

| population =

| static_image = Ruin overlooking Ob a' Bhraighe - geograph.org.uk - 313121.jpg

| static_image_caption = Ruin overlooking Ob a' Bhraighe Taken from Wester Alligin.

| static_image_width =

| os_grid_reference = NG841575

| map_type = Ross and Cromarty

| coordinates = {{coord|57.55657|-5.61026|display=inline,title}}

| unitary_scotland = Highland

| lieutenancy_scotland =

| constituency_westminster = Ross, Skye and Lochaber

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

| post_town =

| postcode_district = IV22 2

| postcode_area = IV

| dial_code =

}}

Inveralligin ({{langx|gd|Inbhir Àiliginn}}) is a remote crofting township which lies on the north shore of Loch Torridon in Wester Ross{{cite web |title=Inveralligin |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2048.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |accessdate=4 July 2018}} and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Inbhir Àiliginn means "at the mouth of the River Alligin".

Torridon lies to the east and Lower Diabaig about {{convert| 5|km|mi}} to the west. Alligin Shuas lies immediately to the west. This name is also of Gaelic origin: alligin may be from àilleag meaning "jewel" and shuas means "western" or "upper".{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesP-Z.pdf |title=Placenames |author=Iain Mac an Tàilleir |pages=4, 118 |publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-07-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529185220/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesP-Z.pdf |archivedate=2008-05-29 }}

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