Scrabster Mains Broch
Scrabster Mains Broch is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Scrabster Mains Broch is situated nearby to the quarter Burnside.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holburn Head Lighthouse and Scrabster Castle.
Holburn Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.
Holborn Head is a rocky headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, Scotland. It forms the western termination of Thurso Bay. The name Holborn apparently comes from the Old Norse Hóllborg, meaning "hill fort". Holburn Head Lighthouse is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Scrabster Mains Broch.
Scrabster Castle
Ruins
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scrabster Castle was a castle, near Burnside, about 0.5 miles north and west of Thurso, and 0.5 miles south of the village of Scrabster, Highland in Scotland, south of Thurso Bay. It is on an eroding promontory. Scrabster Castle is situated 1¼ miles east of Scrabster Mains Broch.
Dunbar Hospital
Hospital
Dunbar Hospital is a health facility in Ormlie Road, Thurso, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. Dunbar Hospital is situated 2 miles southeast of Scrabster Mains Broch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scrabster and Burnside.
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.
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.
Thurso
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thurso is a town in Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 7390 in 2020. The name probably refers to the deity Thor, and this area was Norse until the 13th century.
Scrabster Mains Broch
- 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
58.6056° or 58° 36′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.57348° or 3° 34′ 25″ westOpen location code
9CCRJC4G+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1385219822OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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