Skerray Bay

{{Short description|Bay on the north coast of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Coomb Island - geograph.org.uk - 226562.jpg|thumb|right|Skerray Bay and Neave Island (also known as Coomb Island).]] thumb|right|Pebble beach at Skerry Bay '''Skerray Bay''' is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, located on the north coast of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.<ref name="Society1987">{{cite book|author=Royal Scottish Geographical Society|title=Scottish geographical magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sks7AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=27 December 2011|year=1987|publisher=Royal Scottish Geographical Society.}}</ref> Small and rocky, it is situated to the north of Clashbuie and northwest of the crofting community of Skerray. The rock, Càrn Mòr, it at the entrance, while the channel, Caol Beag, separates Coomb Island from the mainland.<ref name="scottish-places.info">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst19844.html|title=Skerray Bay|publisher=The Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=28 December 2011}}</ref> Strathan Skerray - Skerray Bay is a Geological Conservation Review site.<ref name="jncc.defra.gov.uk">{{cite web|url=http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2972|title=Strathan Skerray - Skerray Bay (Moine) |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate=28 December 2011}}</ref> Walkers enjoy the {{convert|8|miles}} Skerray Bay to Tongue trek.<ref name="overscaighotel.co.uk2005">{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:2GmcRoZAm3UJ:www.overscaighotel.co.uk/swg_apr-sept05.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh3h87sAe9g08cgP54zxRYcPI_HoShs96l9JsHlTl9FaTI_bhLOt_JJPwxZHYdZYUNLk0dTRvvib7yyLHYPWxrVn7Q_i486uI_P6v7VoWCZpsPzE9YY9AoYuylyNQPXphs4K8Nm&sig=AHIEtbQ6wqoZ5e2D3tAu4kkUOwQjk3O1oQ|title=Programme of Walks and Events|date=2005|publisher=Programme of Walks and Events|accessdate=28 December 2011}}</ref>

==History== In October 1894, the Duke of Sutherland laid the foundation stone for Port Skerray.<ref name="The Railway news ...">{{cite book|title=The Railway news ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRg1AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA510|accessdate=27 December 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1894|pages=510–}}</ref> The Skerray Pier, built on the bay's rocky foreshore, was completed in 1896; and an additional entrance to the harbour was cut through a reef of rock on the east side of the bay in 1901.<ref name="Commons1903">{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Papers by command|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CmUOAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA212|accessdate=28 December 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1903|publisher=HMSO|pages=212–}}</ref>

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Category:Bays of Highland (council area) Category:Landforms of Sutherland