Scrabster (original) (raw)
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Village in Highland, Scotland
Human settlement in Scotland
| ScrabsterScottish Gaelic: Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal | |
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 Scrabster Harbour |
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  ScrabsterLocation within the Caithness area |
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| OS grid reference | ND099701 |
| Council area | Highland |
| Lieutenancy area | Caithness |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | THURSO |
| Postcode district | KW14 |
| Dialling code | 01847 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
| Scottish Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Ross |
| List of places UK Scotland 58°36′35″N 3°33′09″W / 58.609722°N 3.5525°W / 58.609722; -3.5525 |
Scrabster (Scottish Gaelic: Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal)[1] is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) from Thurso, 22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) from Wick, 112 miles (180 km) from Inverness and 271.7 miles (437.2 km) from Edinburgh. Scrabster Harbour is an important port for the Scottish fishing industry.[2]
During the Second World War, munitions were ferried to Scapa Flow from Scrabster harbour aboard the 40 ft (12.2 m) pilot cutter Mermaid (registered in King's Lynn and built in 1908), skippered by Antony Bridges.[3]
The NorthLink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) leaves regularly from Scrabster for Stromness in Orkney. Smyril Line operated a weekly service to the Faroe Islands in the summer months, but this was discontinued in 2008.[4]
The nearest railway line is the Far North Line, connecting Thurso to Inverness.
- George Bain, who led the revivification of Celtic Art, was born in Scrabster.[5]
- ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database". Gaelicplacenames.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived 23 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Scapa Ferry, Antony Bridges, ISBN 0 09 916960 6, 1957.
- ^ "Summer ferry sailings cancelled". BBC News. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "George Bain - 1881–1968". openvirtualworlds.org.
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