Forss Houses
Forss Houses is a bus stop in Highland Council, Scotland. Forss Houses is situated nearby to the watermill East Mill, Forss, as well as near the peak Cairnmore Hillock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East Mill, Forss and Crosskirk Broch.
East Mill, Forss
Watermill
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Mill, Forss is a watermill, which is situated 3,200 feet west of Forss Houses.
Crosskirk Broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crosskirk Broch was a fortification near the present day hamlet of Crosskirk near Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. After thorough archaeological exploration it was destroyed in 1972 since the site had become unsafe due to sea erosion. Crosskirk Broch is situated 1½ miles northwest of Forss Houses.
Brims Castle
Ruins
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brims Castle is a ruined 16th century L-plan tower house on Brims Ness, Highland region, Scotland, to the south of the Pentland Firth, about 5 miles north west of Thurso. Brims Castle is situated 1¼ miles north of Forss Houses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forss and Scrabster.
Forss
Hamlet
Photo: C Page, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forss is a small hamlet, situated 3 miles west of Thurso, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Brims Castle is located in Forss and was the former stronghold of the Sinclairs of Dunbeath.
Scrabster
Village
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.
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. Scrabster is situated 3½ miles east of Forss Houses.
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 3½ miles east of Forss Houses.
Forss Houses
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.59805° or 58° 35′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.6428° or 3° 38′ 34″ westOpen location code
9CCRH9X4+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 562713955OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stop
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Highlights include Cairnmore Hillock and Tulloch of Lybster, Broch.
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