Lower Dounreay

Lower Dounreay is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Lower Dounreay is situated nearby to the hamlet Buldoo, as well as near Upper Dounreay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dounreay Castle and RAF Dounreay.

Dounreay Castle

Ruins

Dounreay Castle is a ruined 16th-century L-plan castle, about 8 miles west of Thurso, Highland, Scotland, within the grounds of Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment.

Was an airfield in Dounreay, UK that opened in April 1944. In 1955 the airfield was taken over by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for developing a fast breeder reactor. One runway was kept operational until the 1990s for transport to/from the site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achvarasdal and Reay.

Achvarasdal

Hamlet

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Achvarasdal is a village in Caithness, Scotland, within the Highland council area. Its Gaelic name is officially Achadh Mharasdail but it is also known in Gaelic as Achadh Bhàrrasdail.

Reay

Village

Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Reay is a village which has grown around Sandside Bay on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. It is within the historic Parish of Reay and the historic county of Caithness. Reay is situated 1½ miles southwest of Lower Dounreay.

Forss

Hamlet

Photo: C Page, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forss is a small hamlet, situated 3 miles west of Thurso, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Brims Castle is located in Forss and was the former stronghold of the Sinclairs of Dunbeath. Forss is situated 3½ miles northeast of Lower Dounreay.

Lower Dounreay

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.57613° or 58° 34′ 34″ north

Longitude

-3.74729° or 3° 44′ 50″ west

Elevation

141 feet (43 metres)

Open location code

9CCRH7G3+F3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1463278358

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2643525

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Highlights include Knock Urray,broch 400m NNE of Gunnscroft and Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment.

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