Badbea Monument
Badbea Monument is a memorial in Highland Council, Scotland. Badbea Monument is situated nearby to the hamlet Ousdale, as well as near the peak Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ousdale Broch and North Tower, Berriedale Navigation Beacons.
Ousdale Broch
Archaeological site
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ousdale Broch, also known as Ousdale Burn or Allt a’ Bhurg Broch, is an Iron Age broch located between the villages of Helmsdale and Berriedale in Caithness, Scotland. Ousdale Broch is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Badbea Monument.
North Tower, Berriedale Navigation Beacons
Tower
Photo: valenta, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Tower, Berriedale Navigation Beacons is situated 2½ miles northeast of Badbea Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Badbea and Ousdale.
Badbea
Locality
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Badbea is a former clearance village perched on the steep slopes above the cliff tops of Berriedale on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland. Situated around 5 miles north of Helmsdale, the village was newly settled in the 18th and 19th centuries by families evicted from their homes when the straths of Langwell, Ousdale and Berriedale were cleared for the establishment of sheep farms.
Berriedale
Village
Berriedale is a small estate village on the northern east coast of Caithness, Scotland, It is situated on the A9 road between Helmsdale and Lybster, close to the boundary between Caithness and Sutherland. Berriedale is situated 2½ miles northeast of Badbea Monument.
Badbea Monument
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.16035° or 58° 9′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.55041° or 3° 33′ 2″ westOpen location code
9CCR5C6X+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 470567642OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cnoc Bad Asgaraidh and Borgue Langwell, broch, outworks and later settlement, Berriedale.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Badbea Clearing village and Berriedale South Tower.
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