Briga Head
Briga Head is a cape in Highland Council, Scotland. Briga Head is situated nearby to the locality Easter Head, as well as near the hamlet Hunspow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunnet Head Lighthouse.
Dunnet Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnet Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse that stands on the 300-foot cliff top of Easter Head on Dunnet Head. The lighthouse is 66 feet tall and was built in 1831 by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Easter Head and Dunnet.
Easter Head
Locality
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Dunnet Head is a peninsula on the northern coast of Caithness, Scotland, 10.5 miles west of John o' Groats. It terminates at Easter Head, the northernmost point on the island of Great Britain.
Dunnet
Village
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Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is within the Parish of Dunnet. Dunnet is situated 3½ miles southeast of Briga Head.
Murkle
Village
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Murkle is a small scattered hamlet, made up of East Murkle and West Murkle located one mile east of Thurso, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Murkle is situated 4½ miles south of Briga Head.
Briga Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Briga Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Briga Head”
- Swedish: “Briga Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Easter Head and Hunspow.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dunnet Hill and Burifa‘ Hill.
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