Place:Melvaig, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

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NameMelvaig
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates57.8109°N 5.8028°W
Located inRoss and Cromarty, Scotland     ( - 1975)
Also located inHighland Region, Scotland     (1975 - 1996)
Highland (council area), Scotland     (1996 - )
See alsoGairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotlandparish in which it is located
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Melvaig is a remote village on the coast of western Ross-shire, in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland (formerly the county of Ross and Cromarty). The village is accessed from Gairloch, which is 10 miles to the southeast.

It adjoins Aultgrishan, and the crofting village of North Erradale lies 4 miles to the south, along the coast road, with the village of Big Sand lying directly south.

For further information of a genealogical nature, see the parish of Gairloch.

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