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22 St. John’s Pool & bird hide 23 Artsmith -wildlife artist studio /gallery

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Smoo Cave, Durness Castle Varrich and Ben Loyal, 11 Camster Cairns 31 Achanarras Tongue 5000 year old burial site World famous fossil site Loch of Mey bird hide

Dunnet Head 21 20 19 John o’Groats Balnakiel Beach, Durness Duncansby Head Cape Wrath 24 Mey Scrabster A836 A9 Dunnet 27

A836 25 Dounreay A99 Durness Thurso 26 Castletown Reay 17 Auckengill 18 Lyth Arts Centre Strathy Lyth Ferry to Cape Wrath 30 A836 Melvich 18 Skerray Achvarasdal A838 Bettyhill Woodland A836 Trail Halkirk 16 17 20 John O’Groats Ferries Tongue Achanlochy Noss Head Wildlife Cruises The Clan Mackay Badge Clearance Achanarras Kinlochbervie Borgie Village Watten Castle 29 13 Clan Sinclair Study Varrich A897 Newtonhill Wick Centre, Noss Head Community lighthouse Rhiconich 123 Achnavanich Woodland Stone Setting Castle of 17 Lyth Arts Centre Yarrows Old Wick 134 Laxford Bridge A836 Arch. Trail Dun Dornaigil 11 145 305 History of Clan Mackay, Scourie broch Syre Forsinard Hill o’Many 11 Waterlines Strathnaver Museum A894 28 Cairn of Get 156 Rosal Trail Stanes Heritage Museum Lybster A9 A99 Rumster

Lybster 10 12 Clan Sinclair Study Latheron Centre, Noss Head A894 Altnaharra 7 8 9 lighthouse Kylesku Kinbrace Dunbeath Kerrecher Ferry 6

A837 316 10 Waterlines Assynt Berriedale Heritage Museum A9 Lybster Lochinver Heronry A897 Ardvreck Castle A838 Lochinver Inchnadamph NNR Key to symbols

A836 Visitor attraction Helmsdale 10 Archaeological site (No. relates to text entry) 5 Tourist Information Centre other information facility Whisky distillery 33 Ledmore Castle Knockan Lairg Museum / heritage centre Gunn’s Forest with walks 32 Wood Brora A835 Rosehall Ferry Wood A839 Knockan Crag NNR Trails 4 Flora & fauna Geological site Ord 3 A839 (Countryside Ranger Service Hill 5 Timespan Heritage A837 Scottish Natural Heritage and Arts Centre Airport Achany 34 A9 Golspie or National Nature Reserve) 2 Ravens RSPB reserve or Local Ferry Rock Balblair birdwatching site with hide

Carbisdale Skelbo Ullapool Bonar Bridge Ardgay Dornoch 3 Dunrobin Castle A836 1 Camore

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1 Historylinks Museum, Dornoch 8 North Shore Pottery, Latheron 15 Pulteney Distillery, Wick Enjoy the history of Dornoch including the Vikings, Cathedral, feuding Individual pieces of porcelain and stoneware which are both functional and The most northerly distillery on the Scottish Mainland. Discover the clans, Scotland’s last witch, golf and the railway. Many unique films and unique. Work in progress can be viewed at the workshop and is for sale in history and art of Scottish Whisky making. Purchase and hand fill your slide shows. There is much to involve children. the showroom. own bottle of cask strength whisky. Open Mon – Fri, April, May and October Open 7 days, June – September. Open Wed – Sat and by appointment. Closed in January. Open all year Mon – Fri 10am – 1pm / 2 – 4pm Saturdays Easter – end Rest of year, Wed & Thu. Tel: 01593 741777 September. Tel: 01862 811275 www.historylinks.org.uk Tel: 01955 602371 www.oldpulteney.com 9 Patricia Niemann Jewellery, Latheron 2 Orcadian Stone Shop, Golspie A goldsmith's workshop located in the North Shore Pottery. Fine jewellery and 16 Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Noss Head Enjoy our wonderful display of minerals, crystals and fossils – the largest unusual objects are hand made on site. Commissions undertaken. The finest medieval / rennaissance castle in the north of Scotland, private collection in Scotland. Buy gemstone jewellery, mineral specimens, Open Wed – Sat and by appointment. Closed January and last two weeks in currently the subject of a preservation programme. fossils, stone giftware, geological maps and books. October. Open from 2010 May – October. Open Easter – October Tel: 01593 741777 www.patbat.com E-mail [email protected] Tel: 01955 606700 www.sinclairgirnigoe.org Tel: 01408 633483 www.orcadianstone.co.uk 10 Waterlines Visitor Centre, Lybster 17 Lyth Arts Centre 3 Dunrobin Castle, Golspie Lybster's history as Scotland's third largest herring port and the natural history A unique and attractive arts venue presenting a wide programme of Home of the Clan Sutherland, dates from early 1300’s. Magnificent of the area. Video and live TV of nesting bird colonies. Facilities for music, theatre and visual art. Open daily July and August with summer collection of furniture, paintings and family silver. Superb gardens, falconry yachtsmen. Coffee shop. exhibitions of work by both established British and foreign artists as well displays, Tearooms and Gift shop. Open daily May to September as the best fine art and craft by local artists. Tea/coffee and home Open daily from 1 April – 15 October. N Tel: 01593 721520 baking available. Tel: 01408 633177 www.dunrobincastle.co.uk N Tel: 01955 641270 www.lytharts.org.uk 11 Camster Cairns, Caithness Archaeological Trust 4 Brora Heritage Centre The Grey Cairns of Camster remain among the best preserved chambered 18 Caithness Broch Centre, Auckengill Explore the historical displays of Brora Woollen Mill, former Brora Coal Mine cairns in Northern Scotland. Careful excavation and restoration makes them Brand new centre in the old school opens June 2009. An ambitious and the most northerly brick works. Interactive displays and quizzes. accessible to visitors. high quality exhibition looking at who lived in the brochs, who Internet access and research area. Admission Free. Open all year round. excavated them and who lives nearby today. Open May – September, Mon – Sat. For other sites visit www.caithnessarchaeology.org.uk Open May to September Mon – Fri (plus Sat July & Aug) N Picnic and children’s area. Tel: 01408 622024 www.highland.gov.uk/bhc Tel: 01955 607771 12 Clan Sinclair Study Centre, Noss Head, Wick 5 Timespan Heritage & Arts Centre, Helmsdale A collection of 3000 books and other research material which is a must for 19 Last House Museum, John O’Groats Explore the history of Helmsdale by visiting the Museum and community scholars and historians who are interested in Scottish History, Freemasonry, The museum features John O'Groats of yesteryear, including exhibition. Monthly exhibitions of contemporary art. Quality local art and The Crusades and Knights Templar. photographs and a collection of artefacts. Photographs of shipwrecks in craft shop. Relax in the riverside café. Tel: 01955 606700 the Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow. Enjoy views of the island of Stroma. Open Mon – Sat 10 – 5 / Sun 12 – 5 Open all year. N Tel: 01431 821327 www.timespan.org.uk 13 North Highland Archive, Wick Tel: 01955 611250 Preserving the written heritage of Caithness and providing access to resources 6 Dunbeath Heritage Centre for genealogy, local history and other research topics. Searchroom open daily, 20 John O'Groats Ferries Wildlife Cruises Explore the rich past of a Caithness strath. Neil M. Gunn’s “Highland River” Opening hours: Mon, Tue & Thu 10am - 5.30pm (closed 1.30-2pm) From John O'Groats Harbour at 2.30pm every summer afternoon from and “Silver Darlings” landscape. Local history, guided walks, art installations Fri 10am - 5pm / Wed – morning appointments only. late June to the end of August. A superb chance to see the very best of and archaeology exhibition. Bookshop. Tel: 01955 606432 Email: [email protected] Scotlland's marine wildlife. Atlantic Grey Seals, Puffins, Razorbills, Open Sun – Fri 10am – 5pm Apr – Sep / Mon – Fri 11am – 3pm Oct – Mar Guillemots and Gannets galore! View from the panoramic decks of our Tel: 01593 731233 14 Wick Heritage Museum vessel – Pentland Venture – or from her comfortable saloon. Enjoy a The largest museum in the North of Scotland. Allow at least 1.5 hours for Wildlife Cruise and one of our Day Trips to Orkney and we'll give you a 7 Clan Gunn Museum, Latheron your visit. There is enough nostalgia and information to last you a lifetime! really special deal! Follow one of Scotland's oldest clans from its Norse origins to the present Tel: 01955 605393 Email: [email protected] Tel: 01955 611 353 www.jogferry.co.uk. day, its skirmishes with other local clans and the Scotsmen who discovered America before Columbus. Video presentation, clan archive and shop. Open June to September. Tel: 01593 741700