Coigach
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 The township of Achduart, with Cairn Conmheall in the background. | |
  Coigach Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| Population | 228 [1] |
| OS grid reference | NC025085 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ULLAPOOL |
| Postcode district | IV26 |
| Dialling code | 01854 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Coigach (Scottish Gaelic: A' Chòigeach) is a peninsula north of Ullapool, in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The area consists of a traditional crofting and fishing community of a couple of hundred houses located between mountain and shore on a peninsula looking over the Summer Isles and the sea. The main settlement is Achiltibuie. Like its northerly neighbour, Assynt in Sutherland, Coigach has mountains which rise sharply from quiet, lochan-studded moorland, and a highly indented rocky coast with many islands, bays and headlands.[2] The highest summit is Ben Mor Coigach at 743 metres; the distinctive profile of Stac Pollaidh is the other main peak within Coigach.[3] The scenic qualities of Coigach, along with neighbouring Assynt, have led to the area being designated as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area,[4] one of 40 such areas in Scotland.[5]
The name is derived from the Gaelic for "five" or "fifths",[6][7][8] and refers to the five townships of Achduart, Achnacarinan, Acheninver, Achnahaird and Achiltibuie.[9]
- ^ "Standard Outputs 2011 (Output Areas S00117989 & S00119174)". National Records of Scotland. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "The special qualities of the National Scenic Areas" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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- ^ "National Scenic Areas". NatureScot. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Shirra, Kirstie (21 March 2011). Scotland's Best Small Mountains: Cicerone Press. Cicerone Press Limited. ISBN 9781849653459 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Dictionary Detail - cóigeach".
- ^ Murray, W.H. (1968). The Companion Guide to the West Highlands of Scotland. London and Glasgow: Collins. p. 325.
The name means Place of the Fifths, from an early Celtic custom of dividing land into five parts.
- ^ "Coigach Community Hall - About the Hall".