Spinningdale

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Spinningdale
Sutherland
Old mill, Spinningdale - geograph.org.uk - 598487.jpg
The old mill, Spinningdale
Location
Grid reference: NH664901
Location: 57°52’52"N, 4°15’13"W
Data
Population: 250  (est 2015)
Post town: Bonar Bridge
Postcode: IV24 3
Local Government
Council: Highland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Caithness, Sutherland
and Easter Ross

Spinningdale is a hamlet on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth in south-eastern Sutherland. It is found five miles north-east of Bonar Bridge.

'Dale' is from the Old Norse Dalr, meaning 'valley' but the origin of the name is otherwise unclear. It was referred to as Spanigidill in 1464, the pronunciation of which bears a close resemblance to modern Gaelic.[1]

The A949 road (which was part of the old A9 before the opening of the Dornoch Firth Bridge in 1991, passes through Spinningdale.

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