Barrock
Barrock is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Barrock is situated nearby to the hamlet Rattar, as well as near the village Skarfskerry.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunnet Church and Loch of Mey.
Dunnet Church
Church
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnet Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church in Dunnet, Caithness, northern Scotland. References to St Mary's Parish Church are known from as far back as the 13th century, and there are pre-16th century gravestones in the churchyard. Dunnet Church is situated 2½ miles west of Barrock.
Loch of Mey
Photo: Claire Pegrum, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Mey is a loch near the north coast of Caithness, Scotland, and one of the most northern water features of mainland Britain. It lies just to the south of Skarfskerry, and southwest of Harrow. Loch of Mey is situated 1½ miles northeast of Barrock.
Loch Heilen
Photo: Peter Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Heilen is a loch in the civil parish of Dunnet in Caithness, Scotland. St. John's Loch and Loch Heilen are the two largest lochs in the parish. It is about two miles inland from Dunnet Bay to the west, which is on the north coast of Scotland. Loch Heilen is situated 2 miles south of Barrock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunnet and Harrow.
Dunnet
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is within the Parish of Dunnet. Dunnet is situated 2½ miles west of Barrock.
Harrow
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harrow is a hamlet on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland. It lies just to the west of the Castle of Mey and northeast of the Loch of Mey. Harrow Harbour, also called Philips Harbour, was built in the 19th century by the Earl of Caithness for exporting the local flagstone slabs. Harrow is situated 2½ miles northeast of Barrock.
Reaster
Hamlet
Reaster is a settlement in the civil parish of Bower, Caithness in the Scottish Highlands. It is near to the site of a former GCHQ monitoring station, which was decommissioned in 1978. Reaster is situated 4 miles south of Barrock.
Barrock
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.62353° or 58° 37′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.28037° or 3° 16′ 49″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9CCRJPF9+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1788015799OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
12265502
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