Doll, Highland

Doll
Scottish Gaelic: *An Dail*
Doll Scottish Gaelic: An Dail;
	; Looking south from Brora towards Doll.
	Doll Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NC888029
Council area	Highland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Brora
Postcode district	KW9 6
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Doll is a scattered mixed crofting township and rural village 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Brora, on the A9 coast road, on the east coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The main road artery of the A9 has bypassed Doll to the south.

Etymology

The name Doll may be of Brittonic origin and derived from dol meaning "haugh, meadow" (c.f. Welsh dôl; compare Dull).[1]

Settlements

Doll, in the Parish of Clyne, is a scattered crofting township, located south of the Brora River with Brora located at the other side river to the northeast. Doll consists of a large flat plain, in a triangular shape, with the longest edge following the course of the river. To the southwest lies the village of Golspie. John Bartholomew described the hamlet as:

Doll, hamlet with school, Clyne par., SE. Sutherlandshire, 2 miles W. of Brora.[2]

References

Watson, W.J.; Taylor, Simon (2011). The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland (reprint ed.). Birlinn LTD. ISBN 9781906566357.
"History of Doll, in Highland and Sutherland Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time". Vision of Britain. GB Historical GIS - University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

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[cpns-1] Watson, W.J.; Taylor, Simon (2011). The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland (reprint ed.). Birlinn LTD. ISBN 9781906566357.

[2] "History of Doll, in Highland and Sutherland Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time". Vision of Britain. GB Historical GIS - University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 14 February 2018.