Nipster Henge
Nipster Henge is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Nipster Henge is situated nearby to the village Bower, as well as near Watten.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bower and Watten.
Bower
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bower is a village and civil parish in Highland, Scotland It is 10 miles from Thurso and around 11 miles from Wick. Bower is served by Wick, Thurso and Castletown for shopping, taxis and post offices. Bower is situated 2½ miles northeast of Nipster Henge.
Watten
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Watten is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main road between the burgh of Wick and the town of Thurso, about twelve kilometres west of Wick and close to Wick River and to Loch Watten. Watten is situated 3 miles southeast of Nipster Henge.
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 5 miles northeast of Nipster Henge.
Nipster Henge
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.51183° or 58° 30′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.34737° or 3° 20′ 51″ westOpen location code
9CCRGM63+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 13483411281OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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