Doll
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| Doll Gaelic: An Dail | |
| Sutherland | |
|---|---|
 Looking south from Brora towards Doll. | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NC888029 |
| Location: | 58°0’6"N, 3°52’57"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Brora |
| Postcode: | KW9 6 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
Doll is a scattered mixed crofting township and rural village two miles southwest of Brora, on the A9 coast road, on the east coast of Sutherland.
The main road artery of the A9 has bypassed Doll to the south.
Around the township
Doll, in the Parish of Clyne, is a scattered crofting township, located south of the River Brora with Brora located at the other side river to the north-east. Doll consists of a large flat plain, in a triangular shape, with the longest edge following the course of the river. To the southwest lies the village of Golspie.
John Bartholomew described the hamlet as:
Doll, hamlet with school, Clyne par., SE. Sutherlandshire, 2 miles W. of Brora.[1]
References
- ↑ "History of Doll, in Highland and Sutherland Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time". GB Historical GIS - University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26982. Retrieved 14 February 2018.