Duncansby Head Lighthouse

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.

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 8 Doors distillery and John O’Groats Mill.

8 Doors distillery

Distillery

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. 8 Doors distillery is situated 1½ miles west of Duncansby Head Lighthouse.

John O’Groats Mill

Watermill

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

John O’Groats Mill is a watermill, which is situated 2 miles west of Duncansby Head Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duncansby Head and John o’Groats.

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.

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.

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 2½ miles west of Duncansby Head Lighthouse.

Duncansby Head Lighthouse

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Highland, Scotland, UK
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.64396° or 58° 38′ 38″ north

Longitude

-3.0253° or 3° 1′ 31″ west

Elevation

75 feet (23 metres)

Inception

1924

Open location code

9CCRJXVF+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 171278442

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

9782395

Wikidata ID

Q28465909

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