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Kylesku
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Caolas Cumhang
Kylesku and surroundings
Kylesku is located in Sutherland
Kylesku
Kylesku
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid referenceNC230336
Civil parish
  • Assynt
Council area
  • Highland
Lieutenancy area
  • Sutherland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLAIRG
Postcode districtIV27 4
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58°15′25″N 5°01′05″W / 58.256840°N 5.018037°W / 58.256840; -5.018037

Kylesku (Scottish Gaelic: An Caolas Cumhang) is a small, remote fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands.[1] Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. The name is possibly a combination of "Kyle" – Gaelic for strait or channel – and Old Norse "Sku" – view or sight.

  1. ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Kylesku". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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