Thrumster, Caithness
| Thrumster | |
|---|---|
  Thrumster Thrumster shown within the Caithness area | |
| OS grid reference | ND340450 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Thrumster |
| Postcode district | KW1 5 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
Thrumster is a remote crofting township on the main A99 road between Wick and Inverness. It is the nearest village to Wick. The transmission mast used to broadcast BBC television and radio signals to Caithness until 1960.
The village had a railway station until trains stopped running on the Wick and Lybster Railway in 1944. The station has been preserved. 0.3 mile south is Thrumster Parish Church, part of the Church of Scotland charge of Pulteneytown and Thrumster.
The township of Sarclet is situated 0.5 miles to the southeast.
Features
Near Thrumster House is a standing stone, that affirms the legend that Margaret, Maid of Norway, Norwegian princess, who was heiress of the Scottish Town, was wrecked on this coast on her return to Scotland, and buried under the Standing-Stane o' Thrumster.[1]
References
- ↑ The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, Shetland, General index. W. Blackwood and Sons. 1845. p. 142. Retrieved 17 February 2018.