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1. Caithness
THE LIGHTHOUSE AND THE STACKS OF DUNCANSBY
A pleasant walk takes you from Duncansby Lighthouse to the edge of the cliffs and back again.
Duncansby Lighthouse
The Stacks of Duncansby are an example of Coast Erosion in Caithness, in the far north-east of Scotland, near John O'Groats.
The Stacks of Duncansby from the North - Panoramic View
The Stacks - Close-up View
JOHN O' GROATS
John o' Groats is not quite as far north as Dunnet Head, but the northernmost settlement in Mainland Britain.
John o' Groats - Pier and Hotel
PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS IN CAITHNESS
The Grey Cairns of Camster
The Hill 0' Many Stanes
SUTHERLAND
This county to the west and south of Caithness is still very much a Gaelic landscape with a Norse background. This is Tongue or Tunga in Gaelic, from Old Norse Tunga = Tongue.
If you seek loneliness, this is the place for you.
Kyle of Tongue - looking east
Kyle of Tongue - Looking south to Ben Hope
ROSS AND CROMARTY
Edrachillis - Badcall
Ullapool from the North
Loch Maree
Torridon East
Torridon West