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Historic Attractions in Caithness, Sutherland & Ross-shire
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Scotland, UK
The lighthouse at Scotland’s north westerly tip was built in 1828. It can be reached today by a short ferry crossing...
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Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6SF
This ancient seat of the Dukes and Earls of Sutherland is the largest house in the Scottish Highlands. Re-modelled in the...
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Mey, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 8XH
The most northerly castle on the Scottish mainland, it was built between 1566 and 1572. The castle was acquired by Her...
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Scotland, UK
This 41m (134ft) high red banded lighthouse, completed in 1830, is the tallest on the Scottish mainland. Its...
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Scotland, UK
The most northerly point on the Scottish mainland has had a lighthouse since 1831.
There is a car park close to...
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Scotland, UK
The keepers of this lighthouse, built in 1870, some 12 miles by single track road from Lochinver were relatively self...
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Alness, Ross-shire, IV17
Erected around 1783 by General Sir Hector Munro to provide employment in a time of famine, the monument is said to be a...
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Golspie, Sutherland, KW10
This great embankment was built in 1814 - 1816 to carry the new road across Loch Fleet. The old bridge is fitted with...
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by Golspie, Sutherland, KW9
This substantial broch, with outer defences and traces of houses, stands on a terrace overlooking the sea.
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Altnaharra, Wester Ross, IV27
Still impressive with a section of its outside wall standing to almost 7 metres, it has a fine lintel stone over the...
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Scotland, UK
Three miles north of Wick, this 1849 lighthouse was first in Scotland to have diagonal framing to the light-room glass....
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by Tain, Ross-shire, IV19
One of the finest Pictish cross-slabs with elaborate bossed panels, beasts and symbols. Inside the old church at Nigg.
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Lybster, Caithness, KW1
The two huge neolithic cairns are particularly impressive. One is round with a corbelled central chamber and passage. The...
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by Tain, Ross-shire, IV20
An outstanding Pictish monument, on one side is a prominent cross, on the other there are various symbols and scenes...
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Scotland, UK
An unusual design of lighthouse, incorporating keeper’s accommodation as part of main structure, it was built in 1862....
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| 1 | Cape Wrath Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 2 | Dunrobin Castle, Garden and Museum | Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6SF | |
| 3 | Castle and Gardens of Mey | Mey, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 8XH | |
| 4 | Tarbat Ness Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 5 | Dunnet Head Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 6 | Stoer Head Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 7 | Fyrish Monument | Alness, Ross-shire, IV17 | |
| 8 | Fleet Mound | Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 | |
| 9 | Carn Liath (HS) | by Golspie, Sutherland, KW9 | |
| 10 | Dun Dornaigil (HS) | Altnaharra, Wester Ross, IV27 | |
| 11 | Noss Head Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 12 | Nigg Cross-Slab | by Tain, Ross-shire, IV19 | |
| 13 | Grey Cairns of Camster (HS) | Lybster, Caithness, KW1 | |
| 14 | Shandwick Cross-Slab | by Tain, Ross-shire, IV20 | |
| 15 | Holburn Head Lighthouse | Scotland, UK |
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