Dunnet Head, Caithness
Dunnet Head is a peninsula on the north coast of Scotland, 6 miles north east of Thurso and 10½ miles west of John o' Groats. The peninsula terminates at Easter Head which represents the most northerly point on the mainland of Britain.
Dunnet Head is ringed by stunning sea cliffs which reach 300 feet in height and are home to numerous seabirds such as Puffins, Razorbills, Guillemots, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Shags and Cormorants. The site is protected as a 66-acre reserve which was established in 2008 and is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
A lighthouse was built at Dunnet Head in 1831 by Robert Stevenson and a radar station was built nearby in 1940 to detect German U-boats passing into the Atlantic Ocean but was abandoned at the end of the war.
Date: 11th June 2011
Location: view from Dunnet Head looking over the Pentland Firth towards Hoy
Dunnet Head is ringed by stunning sea cliffs which reach 300 feet in height and are home to numerous seabirds such as Puffins, Razorbills, Guillemots, Fulmars, Kittiwakes, Shags and Cormorants. The site is protected as a 66-acre reserve which was established in 2008 and is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
A lighthouse was built at Dunnet Head in 1831 by Robert Stevenson and a radar station was built nearby in 1940 to detect German U-boats passing into the Atlantic Ocean but was abandoned at the end of the war.
Date: 11th June 2011
Location: view from Dunnet Head looking over the Pentland Firth towards Hoy
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