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Talladale

human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ7680004 ↗
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Talladale is a village on the southwestern shore of Loch Maree in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Talladale lies eight miles (thirteen kilometres) southwest of Gairloch. From 1883 until 1911 there was a coach service from Gairloch connecting with a ferry service operated by passenger vessel Mabel, calling at Talladale on its way to Kinlochewe.

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The public source identifies “Talladale” as human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Talladale, human and settlement.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1883, 1911—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Talladale, human and settlement providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7680004. Authority coordinates are 57.672, -5.491. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1883 and 1911.

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This entry incorporates text from “Talladale” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.