Hill of Nigg, a hill in Nigg parish, NE Ross-shire. Extending along the coast, from the North Sutor of Cromarty to the farm of Shandwick, it measures 4¼ miles in length and 2 in breadth ; rises to altitudes of from 300 to 600 feet above sea-level ; presents to the sea a precipitous face, pierced with caves and fissures, and mostly about 300 feet high ; and commands, from its summits, an extensive and brilliant view, from Caithness and Sutherland to Banffshire and Perthshire.Ord. Sur., sh. 94, 1878.
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