South Yarrows North
South Yarrows North is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. South Yarrows North is situated nearby to the archaeological site South Yarrows South, as well as near Broch of Yarrows.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 1,100 feet east of South Yarrows North.
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 South Yarrows North.
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 South Yarrows North.
Wick
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wick is a town in Caithness in the far northeast of Scotland, with a population of 6870 in 2020. The name comes from Norse vik, meaning a bay. The town first grew up north of the river: in the 19th century the fishing port of Pulteney was established to the…
South Yarrows North
- 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
58.37409° or 58° 22′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.19° or 3° 11′ 24″ westOpen location code
9CCR9RF6+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 5643112351OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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