Ness of Duncansby

Ness of Duncansby is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Ness of Duncansby is situated nearby to the locality Duncansby Head, as well as near the hamlet Huna.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Duncansby Head Lighthouse and 8 Doors distillery.

Duncansby Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Duncansby Head is in Caithness, Highland, in north-eastern Scotland. The headland juts into the North Sea, with the Pentland Firth to its north and west and the Moray Firth to its south.

8 Doors Distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in John O'Groats, Caithness. The distillery was founded in 2022. It is the most northerly Scotch whisky distillery on the Scottish mainland.

John O’Groats Mill

Watermill

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

John O’Groats Mill is a watermill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include John o’Groats and Duncansby Head.

John o’Groats

Photo: Davidcarroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.

John o'Groats is a village in the former county of Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland. With a population of about 300, it makes its living from tourism, as it's the traditional north terminus of the British mainland road network.

Duncansby Head

Locality

Photo: Russ McLean, CC BY 3.0.

Duncansby Head is in Caithness, Highland, in north-eastern Scotland. The headland juts into the North Sea, with the Pentland Firth to its north and west and the Moray Firth to its south.

Huna

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Huna is a small remote crofting township, located 1 mile northeast of Canisbay and 1.5 miles west of John o' Groats in Caithness, in Scotland. It is currently part of the Highland Council area. Huna is situated 1½ miles west of Ness of Duncansby.

Ness of Duncansby

Type: Locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.6472° or 58° 38′ 50″ north

Longitude

-3.05275° or 3° 3′ 10″ west

Open location code

9CCRJWWW+VW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5171021386

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2650764

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