Hempriggs Broch
Hempriggs Broch is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Hempriggs Broch is situated nearby to the lake Loch Hempriggs, as well as near the village Thrumster.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thrumster Little,broch,Thrumster and Wick railway station.
Thrumster Little,broch,Thrumster
Archaeological site
Photo: Ewen Rennie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thrumster Little,broch,Thrumster is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Hempriggs Broch.
Wick railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wick railway station is a railway station located in Wick, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves the town of Wick and other surrounding areas in the historic county of Caithness, including Staxigoe, Papigoe and Haster. Wick railway station is situated 2½ miles north of Hempriggs Broch.
Wick Town and County Hospital
Hospital
Wick Town and County Hospital is a health facility in Seaforth Avenue, Wick, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. Wick Town and County Hospital is situated 2 miles north of Hempriggs Broch.
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.
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 south of Hempriggs Broch.
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…
Hempriggs 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
58.40815° or 58° 24′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.11171° or 3° 6′ 42″ westOpen location code
9CCRCV5Q+78OpenStreetMap ID
way 1385583366OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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