Sailor’s Head

Sailor’s Head is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Sailor’s Head is situated nearby to the locality Wife Geo Stack, as well as near Skirza Head.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Freswick Castle and Bucholly Castle.

Freswick Castle

Castle

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Freswick Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Sailor’s Head.

Bucholly Castle

Castle

Photo: Richard Paxman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bucholly Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Sailor’s Head.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freswick and John o’Groats.

Freswick

Hamlet

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Freswick or Skirza, is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Freswick Bay to the east, in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Skirza lies directly northeast of Freswick. Freswick is situated 2 miles southwest of Sailor’s Head.

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.

Duncansby Head

Locality

Photo: Russ McLean, CC BY 3.0.

Duncansby Head is the most northeasterly part of both the Scottish and British mainlands, slightly northeast of John o' Groats. It lies approximately 20 km east-southeast of Dunnet Head, the northernmost point of both the Scottish and British mainlands. Duncansby Head is situated 3 miles north of Sailor’s Head.

Sailor’s Head

Type: Locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.6048° or 58° 36′ 17″ north

Longitude

-3.04099° or 3° 2′ 28″ west

Open location code

9CCRJX35+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5170593497

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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