About Skinnet

Skinnet perches on Scotland's remote northern coast in Sutherland, part of a cluster of tiny settlements including nearby Melness and Talmine. Reach it via the A99 from Thurso or A838 through Tongue, though both routes end in challenging single-track roads with passing places. The three-hour drive from Inverness makes this a destination for serious Highland explorers rather than day-trippers. Most distinctive is its position on the tidal causeway system, where the connecting road vanishes underwater at high tide.

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Skinnet is in Scotland, at 58.520, -4.425 - about 30 km north-east of Alltnacaillich.

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