Redpoint, Highland
Human settlement in Highland, Scotland
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Redpoint (Scottish Gaelic: An Rubha Dearg, lit. 'the red headland')[1] is a small settlement in the north west of Highland, Scotland. It takes its name from Red Point, a low promontory to the south, which marks a turn in the coastline from facing west to south east as it becomes Loch Torridon.[2]
Redpoint
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 Redpoint Location within the Highland council area | |
| OS grid reference | NG744687 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gairloch |
| Postcode district | IV21 |
| Dialling code | 01445 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Redpoint lies about 10 miles (16 km) south west of Gairloch, at the end of the B8056 road.[3] A path leading from the road leads to a viewpoint from which it is possible (on a clear day) to see the Isle of Skye's Trotternish Ridge and also the Isle of Harris and Isle of Lewis.[4]
The villages of South Erradale, Opinan and Port Henderson are north along the B8056 coast road.[5]
Scottish electronic music band Boards of Canada released the album Geogaddi in 2002 that contains the track "The Beach at Redpoint".[6]