Clett
Clett is a name used for many uninhabited Scottish islets and one to the south, though also in the area inhabited by Vikings. They include -…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: sea stack near Holborn Head, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Clett Rock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holburn Head Lighthouse and Thurso Lifeboat Station.
Holburn Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Holborn Head is a rocky headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, Scotland. It forms the western termination of Thurso Bay. The name Holborn apparently comes from the Old Norse Hóllborg, meaning "hill fort".
Thurso Lifeboat Station
Building
Thurso Lifeboat Station is located at Scrabster Harbour, near the town of Thurso, in the administrative area of Highland, historically Caithness, on the north coast of mainland Scotland.
Thurso Castle
Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruined 19th-century castle, located in Thurso, Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands. Situated in Thurso East,east of the River Thurso, the site can be seen from across the river. Thurso Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Clett.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scrabster and Burnside.
Scrabster
Village
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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.
Burnside
Quarter
Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at grid reference ND106691. Burnside is situated 1½ miles south of Clett.
Thurso
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thurso is a town in Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 7390 in 2020. The name probably refers to the deity Thor, and this area was Norse until the 13th century.
Clett
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Clett” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Clett”
- Dutch: “Clett”
- French: “Clett (Thurso)”
- French: “Clett”
- Spanish: “Clett”
- Swedish: “Clett, Holborn Head”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Clett”. Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.