Bettyhill
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Bettyhill Scottish Gaelic Am Blàran Odhar |
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| Coordinates | 58 ° 32 ′ N , 4 ° 13 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 576 (2011 census) | ||
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| Post town | THURSO | ||
| ZIP code section | Week 14 | ||
| prefix | 01641 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Highland | ||
| British Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | ||
Bettyhill ( Gaelic Am Blàran Odhar ) is a small town in northern Scotland . It is about 50 km west of Thurso and 20 km east of Tongue on the A836 . In 2011, 576 people lived in Bettyhill. It was founded in 1819 by Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland . She had this place built as a replacement for the place Rosal in Strathnaver , which had to be cleared, and named it after herself.
The original place was evacuated because of the increasingly land-intensive use by flocks of sheep in the course of the Highland Clearances , the residents expelled. This drastic procedure was quite unusual for the time and was viewed controversially by contemporaries. In today's place there is a tourist used memorial to the historical processes.
Web links
Commons : Bettyhill - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
