Kyle of Tongue
| Kyle of Tongue | ||
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 Kyle of Tongue photographed from Achuvoldrach . In the foreground: the Kyle of Tongue Bridge |
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| Waters | Tongue Bay | |
| Land mass | Great Britain (island) | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 28 '37 " N , 4 ° 27' 11" W | |
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| width | approx. 2 km | |
| length | approx. 10 km | |
| Tributaries | Kinloch River , Rhian Burn | |
Kyle of Tongue ( Scottish Gaelic : Caol Thunga) is a Scottish bay. It is located on the Scottish north coast in the former county of Sutherland in the Highland Council Area . The bay and the surrounding area form one of Scotland's 40 National Scenic Areas .
description
The Kyle of Tongue is the southern continuation of Tongue Bay . From the transition from Tongue Bay to the Kyle of Tongue, the bay extends about 10 km inland. On the border with Tongue Bay, the Kyle of Tongue is about 2 km wide, but tapers in a funnel shape inland. At its outermost landside end, where the Kinloch River flows into the Kyle of Tongue, the width is only about 700 m. The maximum water depth is around 9 m in the areas near Tongue Bay. Inland the bay becomes much shallower, with numerous sandbanks reducing the water depth in many places.
The area around the Kyle of Tongue is very sparsely populated. With the village of Tongue to the east of the bay, there is only one noteworthy settlement near the shore. Castle Varrich is also on the eastern bank on a hill from which you have a good view over the bay. In the middle of the bay at Tongue House, the A838 crosses the Kyle of Tongue on a narrow bridge.
history
During the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, France tried to aid the insurgents by delivering £ 13,000 in gold coins . The gold coins were to be transported to Inverness on the ship "Hazard" . Since the transport was discovered on February 25, 1746 by the "HMS Sheerness", a frigate of the Royal Navy, the "Hazard" fled to the Kyle of Tongue, where the gold coins were unloaded to be transported overland to Inverness. After the crew met government-loyal troops on land, they sank the coins in nearby Lochan Hakel .
In Tongue house there is a round Orkney-Cromarty-type cairn with a polygonal chamber, which was excavated by Horsburgh around 1867 and almost completely destroyed by 1909. It is about 15 m in diameter, with partially preserved curbs.
literature
- Robert Gourlay, Sutherland - a historical guide , Birlinn, Edinburgh, 1996 ISBN 1-874744-44-0 p. 21
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hydrographic Office: British Islands Pilot, p.339 , accessed April 2, 2020
- ^ Undiscovered Scotland , accessed April 2, 2020
- ↑ https://canmore.org.uk/site/5325/tongue-house