Dounreay
Dounreay is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It is on the A836 road nine miles west of Thurso.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: former nuclear power research site in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Dunreay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Dounreay and Dounreay Castle.
RAF Dounreay
Historic site
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reay and Forss.
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 2 miles southwest of 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 3 miles northeast of Dounreay.
Dounreay
- Categories: nuclear power plant, research center, and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.57331° or 58° 34′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.73372° or 3° 44′ 1″ westElevation
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
9CCRH7F8+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1463285001OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Dounreay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دونري”
- Chinese: “杜恩雷#武尔坎海军反应堆试验设施”
- Chinese: “杜恩雷#武爾坎海軍反應堆試驗設施”
- Chinese: “杜恩雷”
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Dounreay”
- Dutch: “Dounreay”
- French: “Dounreay”
- French: “Usine de retraitement de Dounreay”
- German: “Dounreay DFR”
- German: “Dounreay Fast Reactor”
- German: “Dounreay MTR”
- German: “Dounreay PFR”
- German: “Dounreay”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Dounreay”
- German: “Nuklearanlage Dounreay”
- German: “PFR”
- Hungarian: “Dounreay atomerőmű”
- Irish: “Dùnrath”
- Italian: “centrale nucleare di Dounreay”
- Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Dounreay”
- Italian: “Dounreay”
- Japanese: “ドーンレイ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dounreay kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Dounreay kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Dounreay”
- Polish: “Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment”
- Polish: “Dounreay”
- Russian: “Дунрей”
- Scots: “Dounreay”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Rath”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùnrath”
- Spanish: “Dounreay Fast Reactor”
- Spanish: “Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment”
- Spanish: “Dounreay”
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