Forss Crossroads

Forss Crossroads is a bus stop in Highland Council, Scotland. Forss Crossroads is situated near the watermill East Mill, Forss, as well as near the peak Cairnmore Hillock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 1,500 feet west of Forss Crossroads.

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 1¼ miles northwest of Forss Crossroads.

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 1½ miles north of Forss Crossroads.

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 Crossroads.

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 4 miles east of Forss Crossroads.

Forss Crossroads

Type: Bus stop
Category: transport
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.59651° or 58° 35′ 47″ north

Longitude

-3.65138° or 3° 39′ 5″ west

Open location code

9CCRH8WX+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 562715430

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tulloch of Lybster, Broch and Cairnmore Hillock.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Forss Telephone Exchange and Mill House.

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