Crask
| Crask Gaelic: An Crasg / A' Chrasg | |
| Sutherland | |
|---|---|
 A view of Farr Bay looking from Crask. | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NC721625 |
| Location: | 58°31’52"N, 4°11’49"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bettyhill |
| Postcode: | KW14 7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
Crask is a small remote hamlet, situated on Farr Bay on the shore of northern Sutherland. The village is the best spot for climbing Ben Klibreck (3,156 feet), one of Sutherland's four Munros.
The village of Bettyhill lies less than a mile to the west along the A836 road. The village of Farr is situated immediately to the east.
In literature
John Buchan's novel John Macnab, a story of bored, aristocratic poachers, is set in Crask:
Leithen yawned. "What sort of a place is Crask?" he inquired."Tiny little place. No fishin' except some hill lochs and only rough shootin'. I take it for the birds. Most marvellous nestin' ground in Britain barrin' some of the Outer Islands. I don't know why it should be, but it is. Something to do with the Gulf Stream, maybe. Anyhow, I've got the greenshank breedin' regularly and the red-throated diver, and half a dozen rare duck. It's a marvellous stoppin' place in spring too, for birds goin' north."
