Cairnquoy, Broch
Cairnquoy, Broch is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Cairnquoy, Broch is situated nearby to the archaeological site Tannach Mains Broch, as well as near the lake Loch Hempriggs.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thrumster Little,broch,Thrumster and Wick Town and County Hospital.
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 1 mile southeast of Cairnquoy, 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 2½ miles northeast of Cairnquoy, Broch.
Wick High School
School
Wick High School is a secondary school in Wick, Scotland, under the control of The Highland Council. In September 2008 it had an enrolment of 838. Being one of only two secondary schools in Caithness, it takes in pupils from a large number of primary schools. Wick High School is situated 2½ miles northeast of Cairnquoy, 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 southeast of Cairnquoy, 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…
Cairnquoy, 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
58.41011° or 58° 24′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.14665° or 3° 8′ 48″ westOpen location code
9CCRCV63+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 1389537649OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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