Crosskirk

Crosskirk is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Crosskirk Bay, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The hamlet of Crosskirk is situated less than 1 mile north east of Forss and 3 miles west of Thurso.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crosskirk Broch and Brims Castle.

Crosskirk Broch

Archaeological site

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Crosskirk Broch was a fortification near the present day hamlet of Crosskirk near Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. After thorough archaeological exploration it was destroyed in 1972 since the site had become unsafe due to sea erosion.

Brims Castle

Ruins

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brims Castle is a ruined 16th century L-plan tower house on Brims Ness, Highland region, Scotland, to the south of the Pentland Firth, about 5 miles north west of Thurso.

East Mill, Forss

Watermill

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Mill, Forss is a watermill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forss and Scrabster.

Forss

Hamlet

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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.

Scrabster

Village

Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.

Scrabster is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+1⁄2 miles from Thurso, 22+1⁄2 miles from Wick, 112 miles from Inverness and 271.7 miles from Edinburgh. Scrabster is situated 4 miles east of Crosskirk.

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. Achvarasdal is situated 4 miles southwest of Crosskirk.

Crosskirk

Type: Village
Description: human settlement in Caithness, Highland, Scotland, UK, by the mouth of the Forss Water
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.60663° or 58° 36′ 24″ north

Longitude

-3.67147° or 3° 40′ 17″ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

United Nations Location Code

GB CKK

Open location code

9CCRJ84H+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 633018418

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2651865

Wikidata ID

Q5188703

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Crosskirk” goes by many names.

Basque: “Crosskirk”
Dutch: “Crosskirk”
Urdu: “کراس کرک”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Mary’s Chapel and Tulloch of Lybster, Broch.

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