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Dunnet Forest is south of the village and east of the here southward A836. St. John's Loch, known also as Dunnet Loch, is north-east of the village. Loch Heilen is 2¾ miles south-east of Dunnet. Situated about two miles north of Dunnet is the village of Brough (ND2283 7404), the most northerly village in mainland Britain.
St. John's Loch is a loch in the civil parish of Dunnet, in Caithness, Highland, Scotland. Loch Heilen and St. John's Loch are the two largest lochs in the parish. It is about two-thirds mile (1.1 kilometres) inland in a north-easterly direction from Dunnet Bay on the north coast of Scotland.
Loch Heilen is a loch in the civil parish of Dunnet in Caithness, Scotland. St. John's Loch and Loch Heilen are the two largest lochs in the parish. It is about two miles (3.2 kilometres) inland from Dunnet Bay to the west, which is on the north coast of Scotland.
Notable features of the north coast are Sandside Bay, Thurso Bay and Dunnet Bay, Dunnet Head (the northernmost point of Britain) and Duncansby Head (the north-east tip of Britain); along the east coast can be found Freswick Bay, Sinclairs Bay and Wick Bay. To the north in Pentland Firth lies Stroma, the only major island of the county.
Dunnet Head (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Dùnaid) is a headland in Highland, on the north coast of Scotland. [1] [2] Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of both mainland Scotland and the island of Great Britain. Caithness is the historic county that Dunnet Head was within, the county town was Wick. [3]
Brough is located on the B855 single-track road, 2.5 miles (4 km) south east of Dunnet Head Lighthouse, the most northerly lighthouse and point on mainland Britain. The neighbouring village of Dunnet and the wide sandy beaches of Dunnet Bay lie 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the south. Brough is within the civil parish of Dunnet.
Castletown (Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chaisteil) is a village on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland, situated near Dunnet Bay.It is within the civil parish of Olrig, where it is the main settlement, and within the historic county of Caithness.
The hamlet also contains a Baptist church, [5] Skarfskerry Point, a double-headed point 30 feet (9 m) in height, marks the eastern entrance point of Brough Bay. [4] The Loch of Mey lies just to the southeast, which also features in a series of children's stories, The Loch of Mey Monster , by a local author from 2007 to 2009.