A return visit to Clachtoll bay for the final main destination of this trip.
Clachtoll (Scottish Gaelic: Clach Toll) is a coastal fishing and crofting village situated on the Bay of Clachtoll, in the ancient parish of Assynt, Sutherland county, in the Highland Council area on the north western edge of Scotland.
The name Clachtoll derives from Gaelic, and refers to the very large broken rock, the remains of a natural arch (Gaelic: "clach" is "rock" and "toll" means "hole", "cavity".) on the headland nearby.
A large Iron Age broch, a double walled tower 14 m (46 ft) high, was recently excavated by the sea shore. The excavations revealed that it was probably built around 400 BC, but was burnt down around AD 50.
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