Cairn
Cairn is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Cairn is situated nearby to the archaeological site South Yarrows South, as well as near the village Thrumster.Places of Interest Nearby
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 4,100 feet north of Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thrumster and Sarclet.
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 northeast of Cairn.
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. Sarclet is situated 2½ miles east of Cairn.
Lybster
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lybster is a village on the east coast of Caithness in northern Scotland. It was once a big herring fishing port in the 19th century. The Waterlines heritage museum is located in Lybster Harbour and provides information on the history and geology of Lybster. Lybster is situated 6 miles southwest of Cairn.
Cairn
- 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
58.36341° or 58° 21′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.18837° or 3° 11′ 18″ westOpen location code
9CCR9R76+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 5643104043OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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