Bonar Bridge
| Bonar Bridge | |
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 The fording point across the Kyle of Sutherland |
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 Bonar Bridge
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| Bonar Bridge shown within the Sutherland area | |
| Population | 1,456 (2015) |
| OS grid reference | NH615915 |
| • Edinburgh | 141 miles (227 km) |
| • London | 472 miles (760 km) |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BONAR BRIDGE |
| Postcode district | IV24 |
| Dialling code | 01863 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Bonar Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid a' Bhanna, pronounced [d̪̊ɾɔxɪd̊ʲ ə van̴̪ə]) is a town on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland, in the Parish of Creich in the Highland council area of Scotland.
The Kyle of Sutherland ("the Kyle" for locals) is a river estuary of the Rivers Oykel, Cassley, Shin and Carron that all enter the Kyle above the bridge at Bonar.
The estuary (downstream) and the rivers (upstream) separate Sutherland from Ross and Cromarty to the south, and the estuary opens into the Dornoch Firth to the east.
Evidence of pre-historic inhabitance abounds in the area with many ancient hut circles and cairns.
One excavation was performed in 2004 by the Time Team UK Television program. It excavated a small henge and a crannog (artificial-island home) in Loch Migdale.
In May 1900, a priceless collection of early Bronze Age jewellery known as the Migdale Hoard was discovered by workmen blasting a granite knoll behind Bonar Bridge, near what is known as "Tulloch Hill".
Dating from about 2000BC, the artifacts are in the custody of the National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh. The Migdale Hoard includes a bronze axe head, sets of bronze bangles and anklets, and a series of beautifully carved jet and cannel coal buttons that may well have adorned a Bronze Age jacket, bronze hair ornaments and fragments of an elaborate bronze headdress.
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