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Sandwood Bay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Bàgh Seannabhad'') is a natural bay in Sutherland, on the far north-west coast of mainland Scotland. It is best known for its remote long beach and Am Buachaille, a sea stack, and lies about south of Cape Wrath. Behind the bay's large dunes, stretches the freshwater Sandwood Loch. Though remote, and with no road access, the bay can be reached by a path leading from the gravel car park at the hamlet of Blairmore. Sandwood Bay is part of the Sandwood Estate which is run by the John Muir Trust.〔(Sandwood Bay is a beautiful beach shrouded in mystery ), ''The Scotsman'', 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2014-02-18.〕 The beach is considered to be one of the cleanest and most unspoilt beaches in the whole of mainland Britain. ==History== The name Sandwood Bay probably derives from the Viking name 'Sandvatn' ("sand water")〔 and it is believed longboats were dragged across the sands into Sandwood Loch.〔 There are also remains of Pictish settlement in the area.〔 The area has been largely uninhabited since 1847 when the land was cleared for sheep farming as part of the Highland Clearances.〔 A number of shepherds huts remained and were occasionally occupied until around 1940.〔(Surviving Strathchailleach ), James Carron - walks - country and coast. Retrieved 2014-02-18.〕 The farmstead of Strathchailleach, around east of the bay, was built in the mid 19th century.〔〔(Strathchailleach ), Royal commission on the ancient and historical monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2014-02-18.〕 This was occupied by James MacRory-Smith, a hermit known as Sandy, from 1962 to 1994.〔〔 Both Strathchailleach and a similar cottage at Strathan, south-east of the bay, are operated as bothies by the Mountain Bothies Association.〔 In June 2009 a microlight plane crash landed on the beach, the pilot Keith Brown escaped injury. The plane then had to be dismantled and carried four miles to the nearest road by a team of 14 men. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandwood Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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