Barbaraville
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Barbaraville is a small settlement on the north west shore of the Cromarty Firth
in Highland
, Scotland
. Housing dates from 1820 onwards when local people were allowed to build on packets of land from local estates at Balnagown, Tarbet and Polnicol.
Consisting of about 170 households, there has been recent expansion with the creation of a retirement village at Mull Hall which, when completed, will add 50 households to the community, all of which will be occupied by people over the age of 55.
Mull Hall was originally the Jackdaw Hotel, and its restaurant and bar was a popular nightspot during the 1970s.
Barbaraville has a small shop, a telephone box, a post box and a bus stop for the 25 and 25X services running up the coast from Inverness as far as Dornoch.
The nearest small towns are Tain
to the north east and Invergordon
to the west.
Barbaraville is in the Highland Council area
.
Cromarty Firth
The Cromarty Firth of Cromarty') is an arm of the North Sea in Scotland. It is the middle of the three sea lochs at the head of the Moray Firth: to the north lies the Dornoch Firth, and to the south the Beauly Firth....
in Highland
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Housing dates from 1820 onwards when local people were allowed to build on packets of land from local estates at Balnagown, Tarbet and Polnicol.
Consisting of about 170 households, there has been recent expansion with the creation of a retirement village at Mull Hall which, when completed, will add 50 households to the community, all of which will be occupied by people over the age of 55.
Mull Hall was originally the Jackdaw Hotel, and its restaurant and bar was a popular nightspot during the 1970s.
Barbaraville has a small shop, a telephone box, a post box and a bus stop for the 25 and 25X services running up the coast from Inverness as far as Dornoch.
The nearest small towns are Tain
Tain
Tain is a royal burgh and post town in the committee area of Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland.-Etymology:...
to the north east and Invergordon
Invergordon
Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.-History:The town is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. More recently it was also known for the repair of oil rigs which used to be lined up in the Cromarty Firth on which the town is situated...
to the west.
Barbaraville is in the Highland Council area
Subdivisions of Scotland
For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as "councils"...
.