Keiss
Keiss is a fishing village at the northern end of Sinclair's Bay on the east coast of Caithness in Scotland's Highland Council area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Fergus Mather, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitegate Broch and Keiss Castle.
Whitegate Broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Paul E Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitegate Broch is an archaeological site.
Nybster Broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nybster Broch is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Keiss.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auckengill and Reiss.
Auckengill
Hamlet
Photo: Les Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auckengill is a settlement, 6 miles south of John o' Groats, on the east coast of Caithness, within the Scottish council area of Highland. Auckengill is situated 1⁄2 mile north of Nybster. Auckengill is situated 2 miles northeast of Keiss.
Reiss
Village
Reiss is a village in the former county of Caithness, now in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. It is well known in the Caithness area for its beach and also the 18-hole Wick golf course. Reiss is situated 4 miles south of Keiss.
Keiss
- Type: Village with 653 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.53502° or 58° 32′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.12362° or 3° 7′ 25″ westPopulation
653Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KESOpen location code
9CCRGVPG+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1593425979OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Keiss” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Keiss”
- Dutch: “Keiss”
- German: “Keiss”
- Irish: “Cèis”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cèis”
- Swedish: “Keiss”
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