The Bannockburn
Inn A good selection of malts, spirits together with home cooked
traditional fare. Stafford Street, Helmsdale, KW8 6JY.
La Mirage Restaurant
Licensed restaurant specialising in local seafood with a menu to suit all
tastes. 7 Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale, KW8 6JA.
The Schoolhouse
Restaurant The best home cooked food made with the finest local
ingredients. John o' Groats, KW1 4YS.
Local Attractions
Baile
an Or Site of 1800s gold rush.
(Undiscovered
Scotland Feature Page)
Cairn
o’Get A horned and chambered burial cairn of Neolithic date, located
in an area of much archaeological interest. 1.5m SW of Ulbster on the A9. 0.75m
from car park to site via black and white poles.
Caithness
Horizons Planned to open in September 2008. Major visitor centre conversion
of Thurso Town Hall to house the exhibitons of the Thurso Heritage Society and
the UKAEA`s (now permanently closed) Visitor Centre at Dounreay.
Castle and Gardens of
Mey The most northerly castle in mainland Scotland, restored by the late
Queen Mother. Thurso, Caithness KW14 8XH.
Castle
of Old Wick The ruin of the best-preserved Norse castle in Scotland, on a
spine of rock projecting into the sea, between two deep, narrow gullies. 1m S
of Wick on Shore Road.
Clan Gunn Heritage
Centre and Museum The story of one of Scotland’s oldest clans, from
its Norse origins to the present day. Old Parish Church, Latheron KW1 4DG.
Cnoc
Freiceadain Long Cairns Two unexcavated long-horned burial cairns of
Neolithic date, set at right angles to each other. 6m WSW of Thurso on
A836.
Dunbeath Heritage
Centre The Centre provides a focus for the work of Dunbeath Preservation
Trust. The Old School, Dunbeath KW6 6ED.
Duncansby Head Even further north west than John o' Groats.
(Undiscovered
Scotland Feature Page)
Dunnet
Head Mainland Scotland's most northerly point.
(Undiscovered
Scotland Feature Page)
Dunnet
Head Educational Trust An information service with cafe, Internet
facilities, fishing permit information and a small library. Windhaven, Brough,
Thurso, Caithness, KW14 8YE.
Forsinard
Flows RSPB Reserve Comprising over 10,000 ha of 'blanket bog', the
peatlands of Forsinard lie at the heart of the internationally important Flow
Country of Caithness and Sutherland. Nearest town: Thurso.
Grey
Cairns of Camster Two chambered burial cairns of Neolithic date. One is
long, with two chambers and projecting ‘horns’ and the other is
round, and contains a single chamber. 5m N of Lybster on the A9. Monument
situated 5m along unclassified road.
Halkirk Highland
Games The premiere sporting event in the North of Scotland and the Scottish
Highlands and Islands, held on the last Saturday in July.
Hill
o’ Many Stanes More than 22 rows of low slabs arranged in a slightly
fan-shaped pattern, which may have been a prehistoric astronomical observatory.
At Mid Clyth, 4m NE of Lybster on A9.
John o' Groats The end of the long road from Land's End.
(Undiscovered
Scotland Feature Page)
Mary-Ann's
Cottage In 1990 just before her 93rd birthday, Mary-Ann Calder moved from
her life-long home at Westside Croft, Dunnet to a Wick nursing home.
St
Mary’s Chapel, Crosskirk A simple dry-stone chapel, probably of
12th-century date. 6m W of Thurso on the A836.
Timespan Heritage
Centre A meeting place between our past and our future; linking culture,
heritage, the arts, people and their ideas. Dunrobin Street, Helmsdale KW8 6JX.
STB 4 Star Attraction.
