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Littleferry

Coordinates: 57°56′03″N 4°01′06″W / 57.93411°N 4.01838°W / 57.93411; -4.01838
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Littleferry
Littleferry pier
Littleferry is located in Sutherland
Littleferry
Littleferry
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid referenceNH805956
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGolspie
Postcode districtKW10 6
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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UK
Scotland
57°56′03″N 4°01′06″W / 57.93411°N 4.01838°W / 57.93411; -4.01838

Littleferry (Scottish Gaelic: Am Port Beag) is a village on the north east shore of Loch Fleet in Golspie, Sutherland, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Littleferry lies at the entrance to Loch Fleet, 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Golspie. A ferry once crossed the narrow channel here. Littleferry was also the scene of a skirmish between a Jacobite force of the Earl of Cromartie and government troops under Ensign John Mackay of Golspie on the eve of the Battle of Culloden in 1746.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Littleferry". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 21 September 2019.