• Source: Duncansby Head

Duncansby Head (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Dhunngain or Dùn Gasbaith) is the most northeasterly part of both the Scottish and British mainlands, slightly northeast of John o' Groats. It lies approximately 20 km (12 mi) east-southeast of Dunnet Head, the northernmost point of both the Scottish and British mainlands. Duncansby Head is in Caithness, Highland, in north-eastern Scotland. The headland juts into the North Sea, with the Pentland Firth to its north and west and the Moray Firth to its south.




Lighthouse


The point is marked by Duncansby Head Lighthouse, built by David Alan Stevenson in 1924.
A minor public road leads from John o' Groats to Duncansby Head, which makes Duncansby Head the farthest point by road from Land's End.
The Duncansby Head Site of Special Scientific Interest includes the 6.5-kilometre (4-mile) stretch of coast south to Skirza Head. It includes the Duncansby Stacks, prominent sea stacks just off the coast.




Atomic weapon test


In 2016, it was reported in The Sunday Post newspaper that scientists from the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldemarston had proposed a nuclear weapon test on the Stacks of Duncansby in 1953, but that the prevailing wet weather was too much for contemporary electronics and the idea was shelved.




See also



List of lighthouses in Scotland
List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses




References






External links


Northern Lighthouse Board

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar tempat di Britania Raya/Ds-Dz
• Duncansby Head
• Dunnet Head
• White-throated needletail
• Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby
• Moray Firth
• Old Pulteney distillery
• Caithness
• Land's End to John o' Groats
• Pentland Firth
• Pentland Skerries