Thurso is the northernmost town on the British mainland. The nearby port of Scrabster provides ferry services to the Orkney Islands. The Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster and Stromness.
Old St. Peter's Church is one of the oldest churches in Scotland, dated to at least 1125, and at one time it was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness.
The Sinclair family figures prominently in the history of the area. William Sinclair (1410–1484), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), 3rd Earl of Orkney (1434–1470), Baron of Roslin was a Scottish nobleman and built the Rosslyn Chapel, in Midlothian.
Thurso is the northernmost town on the British mainland. The nearby port of Scrabster provides ferry services to the Orkney Islands. The Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) operates between Scrabster and Stromness.
Old St. Peter's Church is one of the oldest churches in Scotland, dated to at least 1125, and at one time it was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness.
The Sinclair family figures prominently in the history of the area. William Sinclair (1410–1484), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), 3rd Earl of Orkney (1434–1470), Baron of Roslin was a Scottish nobleman and built the Rosslyn Chapel, in Midlothian.
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