Auckengill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Les Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Auchingill” and “Auckingill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nybster Broch and Bucholly Castle.
Nybster Broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nybster Broch is an archaeological site.
Keiss Castle
Castle
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keiss Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Auckengill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keiss and Freswick.
Keiss
Village
Photo: Fergus Mather, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Keiss is situated 2 miles southwest of Auckengill.
Freswick
Hamlet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freswick or Skirza, is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Freswick Bay to the east, in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Skirza lies directly northeast of Freswick. Freswick is situated 2½ miles north of Auckengill.
Auckengill
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.55959° or 58° 33′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.08791° or 3° 5′ 17″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
9CCRHW56+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 1458037688OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Dutch—“Auckengill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Auckengill”
- Dutch: “Auckengill”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Clare’s Hall and Auchingill, Broch site.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Auckengill”. Photo: Les Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.