Scrabster Loch

Scrabster Loch is in Highland Council, Scotland. Scrabster Loch is situated nearby to the archaeological site Scrabster Mains Broch, as well as near 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 east of Scrabster Loch.

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 1½ miles southeast of Scrabster Loch.

Thurso Lifeboat Station

Building

Thurso Lifeboat Station is located at Scrabster Harbour, near the town of Thurso, in the administrative area of Highland, historically Caithness, on the north coast of mainland Scotland. Thurso Lifeboat Station is situated 1 mile east of Scrabster Loch.

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 Loch

Type: Body of water
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.61187° or 58° 36′ 43″ north

Longitude

-3.57205° or 3° 34′ 19″ west

Open location code

9CCRJC6H+P5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 49798129

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scrabster Mains Broch and Jubilee Quay.

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