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How to find Whaligoe Steps

Whaligoe steps are notoriously hard to find so follow the directions below and you will be fine! Whaligoe is a small natural harbour in use at the...

Isle of Rum, Eigg and Canna

Canna, Eigg, Muck and Rum form a group of four islands located off the west coast of Scotland known as the ‘Small Isles’. All four islands are very...

Loch Ness Exhibition Centre or The Official Loch Ness Monster Exhibition Centre

Loch Ness is the UK's largest body of fresh water and one of the deepest at 754ft, which makes it a vital site for scientists, as well as monster...

Halkirk Highland Games

These games are famous and are one of the biggest Highland Games in Scotland. Athletes from all over Scotland come to Halkirk to compete in these...

The Castle of Mey Caithness, Scotland

The Castle of Mey is open to the public. The Castle of Mey in Scotland's most northerly coast of Caithness, in the parish of Canisbay, about 15...

Dirlot Castle, Halkirk - Caithness

Keep going past Westerdale Mill, follow the road to the old sand quarry and turn off into it, go on through the quarry - do not stop in the quarry as...

Halkirk area, Caithness

The name Halkirk comes from the Norse for "High Church" and was originally Ha-kirk-ja. This village is the first planned village in the highlands,...

Braal Castle (Brawl Castle)

The new Castle in Halkirk was builtin the late 19th century. The picture (bottom of the article) is of the new Castle in Halkirk which was built in...

Halkirk’s village hall – the Ross Institute Halkirk

The Ross Institute was the first public building in Scotland to have an electric clock. It is the village hall where dances, playgroups and indoor...

Braehour Forest and Westerdale Mill

This is a working mill that Provides Dale House with its electricity. To the south of Halkirk, astride the Thurso River, is the hamlet of Westerdale...