Holburn Head

Nearest town:
Thurso (4km SE)
OS reference:
ND10857155
OS sheet:
12
Latitude:
58° 37' 22.35 N
Longitude:
3° 32' 6.74 W
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Image of Holburn Head (Promontory Fort) by thelonious

04/09/2021 – From inside Holburn Head Promontory Fort, looking across to Dunnet Head, most northern point on the mainland.

thelonious
thelonious Sep 6, 2021
Image of Holburn Head (Promontory Fort) by thelonious

04/09/2021 – Looking towards Holburn Head. The remains of the wall cutting off the fort can be seen.

thelonious
thelonious Sep 6, 2021
Image of Holburn Head (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

View of Holburn Head from Thurso. Scrabster can be seen far left, the cliffs of the Orkneys are faintly visible far right.

Image credit: A. Brookes (3.10.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 15, 2012

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Holburn Head

thelonious
thelonious Sep 6, 2021

04/09/2021 – As usual we were so early for the ferry it was still nearly yesterday. With hours to kill we decided to have a walk past the lovely Stevenson’s lighthouse and along a signposted path to Holburn Head. The promontory fort has a good sized wall cutting the headland off. Not much else. The views are very good, across to Orkney, Dunnet Head and back to Thurso. We were going to sit here for a while but it was sheep poo city. Careful treading was very much needed. Instead we headed back to Scrabster and the Peerie Cafe for a bacon butty. Not a bad way to wait for a ferry.

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