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Smoo Cave
Large combined sea cave and freshwater cave at Durness, fed by the Allt Smoo stream; guided tours run in season.
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Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats: things to do
Places worth your time in Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats
Luoghi principali
Things to do in Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats
Monumenti, musei, parchi e punti panoramici nella zona e nei dintorni.
Beach and ruined church
Balnakeil Bay and church
Wide bay at the mouth of the Kyle of Durness beside the ruined Balnakeil Church, a scheduled monument.
Beach and ruined township
Ceannabeinne
Ruined township east of Durness, beside a sandy beach looking out to Eilean Hoan.
Sea loch
Loch Eriboll
Sea loch about 16 km long, long used as a sheltered anchorage, with 19th-century lime kilns at Ard Neakie.
Castello in rovina
Castle Varrich
Ruin on a rocky high point above Tongue and the Kyle of Tongue, linked with the chiefs of Clan Mackay.
Museo
Strathnaver Museum
Volunteer-run museum in Bettyhill, open since 1976, telling the story of north-west Sutherland through the Highland Clearances.
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Headland and lighthouse
Holborn Head
Headland west of Thurso Bay with a promontory fort and a Stevenson lighthouse completed in 1862; a footpath circles it.
Distilleria
Wolfburn Distillery
Single malt whisky distillery on the edge of Thurso, opened in 2013 and named after a distillery that closed in the 1860s.
Headland and lighthouse
Dunnet Head
Peninsula ending at Easter Head, the northernmost point of the island of Great Britain, with a lighthouse.
Castle and gardens
Castle of Mey
Former home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, about 6 miles west of John o' Groats, with gardens and a visitor centre.
Village and signpost
John o' Groats
Village on the north-east tip of Scotland with the signpost; a summer passenger ferry crosses to Burwick in Orkney.
Headland and lighthouse
Duncansby Head
Most north-easterly point of the British mainland, between the Pentland Firth and the Moray Firth, with a lighthouse.
Castello in rovina
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
Ruins of two castles, 15th-century Girnigoe and 17th-century Sinclair, on the cliffs about 3 miles north of Wick.
Distilleria
Pulteney Distillery
Distillery in the Pulteneytown area of Wick that makes Old Pulteney single malt and has a visitor centre on Huddart Street.
Historic harbour steps
Whaligoe Steps
About 330 steps cut down the cliff to a tiny harbour, which held 14 herring boats by 1814.
Crediti fotografici
- Durness, Thurso & John o' Groats (area photo): Paul Hermans (derivative work: Hogweard), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Smoo Cave: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Balnakeil Bay and church: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ceannabeinne: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Loch Eriboll: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Castle Varrich: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Strathnaver Museum: Strathnaver Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Holborn Head: Gestumblindi, CC0, source
- Wolfburn Distillery: Htayler, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dunnet Head: Asterion (English Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Castle of Mey: Orikrin1998, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- John o' Groats: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Duncansby Head: Russ McLean at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Castle Sinclair Girnigoe: Dorcas Sinclair, modified by Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pulteney Distillery: K. Schwebke at de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Whaligoe Steps: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ullapool, Coigach & Assynt: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
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