Borgie

Borgie (Scottish Gaelic: Borghaidh)[1] is a hamlet in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.[2][3] Historically it was part of the 12,600-acre (5,100-hectare) Tongue estate with shooting rights, and it contains the Borgie Lodge, now a bed and breakfast. Borgie is noted for its salmon, which are caught in the River Borgie which flows to the east of the hamlet.[4][5]

Borgie
Moorland near Borgie
Borgie is located in Sutherland
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Borgie
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid referenceNC6759
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

Geography

Borgie is 1+1⁄2 miles (2.5 kilometres) southwest of Torrisdale, 7.6 mi (12.2 km) northeast of Tongue and 36.8 mi (59.2 km) southwest of Thurso by road. The River Borgie flows to the east of the hamlet. To the southeast of the hamlet are the streams Allt Borgidh Beag and Allt an Ruigh Ruaidh, tributaries of the Borgie near the A836 road.[6]

The hamlet features an area known as Borgie Wood or The Millennium Forest. The forest area was established under the Millennium Forest for Scotland project, which looked to develop natural areas for the turn of the New Millennium.[7]

Landmarks
An old barn, an outbuilding of Borgie Lodge

The hamlet contains the Borgie Lodge Hotel, a bed and breakfast with eight bedrooms,[8] which was a hunting lodge during the Victorian period. The lodge has stag antlers on display, log fires and Sutherland tartan carpets, and contains the Naver Lounge restaurant.[4] There is a small bridge over the River Borgie, Borgie Bridge.[9]

References
  1. "Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland". www.gaelicplacenames.org. Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 10 Strath Naver (Bettyhill & Tongue) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319226100.
  3. Gittings, B.M. "The Gazetteer for Scotland: Borgie". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. "Review on The Naver Lounge Restaurant, Borgie Lodge Hotel". The Mobile Food Guide. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. "Salmon Rivers of the North". Country Life. 1936. p. 59.
  6. Google (8 March 2020). "Borgie" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  7. A Fiona D Mackenzie (1 October 2002). "Re-Claiming Place: The Millennium Forest, Borgie, North Sutherland, Scotland". Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. SAGE Journals. 20 (5): 535–560. doi:10.1068/d266t. S2CID 144497558.
  8. Alan Murphy (2013). Northwest Highlands of Scotland Footprint Focus Guide. Footprint Travel Guides. p. 131. ISBN 9781909268241.
  9. Litellus Russell Muirhead (1967). "Scotland". p. 426.
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