Stack of Ulbster
Stack of Ulbster is a hill in Scotland, United Kingdom and has an elevation of 108 feet. Stack of Ulbster is situated nearby to the locality Sarclet Head, as well as near the hamlet Whaligoe.Places of Interest
Highlights include Broch of Yarrows.
Broch of Yarrows
Archaeological site
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broch of Yarrows is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Stack of Ulbster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarclet and Thrumster.
Sarclet
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sarclet is a remote clifftop crofting township, situated on the east coast of Caithness, lying slightly north of Loch Sarclet in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Thrumster
Village
Photo: Flaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thrumster is a crofting township on the main A99 road between Wick and Inverness. It is the nearest village to Wick. The transmission mast used to broadcast BBC television and radio signals to Caithness was located here until 1960. Thrumster is situated 2½ miles north of Stack of Ulbster.
Wick
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wick is a town in Caithness in the far northeast of Scotland, with a population of 6870 in 2020. The name comes from Norse vik, meaning a bay. The town first grew up north of the river: in the 19th century the fishing port of Pulteney was established to the…
Stack of Ulbster
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 108 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.35786° or 58° 21′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.13127° or 3° 7′ 53″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
9CCR9V59+4FGeoNames ID
12624175
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