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Extract from the Helmsdale Travel Guides:
Eleven scenic miles north along the A9 from Golspie,
HELMSDALE
is an old herring port, founded in the nineteenth century to house the evicted inhabitants of Strath Kildonan, which lies behind it. Today, the sleepy-looking grey village attracts thousands of tourists, most of them coming to see the attractively designed
Timespan Heritage Centre
beside the river (April to mid-Oct Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm; July & Aug until 6pm; 3.50). It's a remarkable venture for a place of this size, telling the local story of Viking raids, witch-burning, Clearances, fishing and gold-prospecting through hi-tech displays, soun...
read the whole Helmsdale Travel Guides...
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