Melvich, a scattered village in Reay parish, Sutherland, on the left side of the mouth of the Halladale, near the head of a small bay, 17 miles W by S of Thurso. It has a post and telegraph office under Thurso, a good inn, and a public school. Immediately NNW is the fishing-village of Portskerra. Pop. of the two villages (1871) 414, (1881) 646, of whom 259 were in Melvich.Ord. Sur., sh. 115, 1878.
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