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Durness (Scottish Gaelic: Diùranais) is a village and civil parish in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.It lies on the north coast of the country in the traditional county of Sutherland, around 120 miles (190 kilometres) north of Inverness.
Sutherland (Scottish Gaelic: Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Viking era when the area was ruled by the Jarl of Orkney; although Sutherland includes some of the northernmost land on the island of Great Britain, it was called Suðrland ("southern land") from the standpoint of Orkney and Caithness.
Dornoch (/ ˈ d ɔːr n ɒ x /; Scottish Gaelic: Dòrnach [ˈt̪ɔːrˠn̪ˠəx]; Scots: Dornach) is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east.
Caithness was restored to being a shire in 1641. [23] The shire of Caithness created in 1641 just covered the earldom of Caithness; Sutherland had been made its own shire in 1633. [28] [29] Wick was declared to be the head burgh of the shire, and the Earl of Caithness became the hereditary sheriff. [23] [30]
The area of the shire was that of the Diocese of Caithness and the sheriff was to sit at Dornoch or Wick. [18] [20] Caithness was restored to being a shire in 1641, but covering just the smaller area of the earldom of Caithness; other parts of the diocese had since been included in the shire of Sutherland created in 1633. [27]
The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness Castle. [1] The route is also known as the NC500 and was launched in 2015, linking many features in the north Highlands of Scotland in one touring route.
Tongue (Scottish Gaelic: Tunga from Old Norse: Tunga) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, [2] in the western part of the former county of Sutherland.It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836.
David Sutherland, comic book artist and illustrator best known for illustrating comic strips in The Beano such as The Bash Street Kids from 1962 until his death in 2023 and Dennis the Menace and Gnasher from 1970–1998. [22] Luke Stoltman, five-time winner of Scotland's Strongest Man, 2021 Europe's Strongest Man