Tag: Scotland
Dunnotar Castle, Stonehaven, Scotland
Dunnottar Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Fhoithear, “fort on the shelving slope”) is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeastern…
Shetland Islands, Scotland
Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland; Scots: Shetland), also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland is a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated in the Northern Atlantic, between Great…
Orkney Islands, Scotland
The Orkney Islands, a group of more than 70 islands and islets, only about 20 of which are inhabited—in Scotland, lying…
John o’ Groats, Scotland
John o’ Groats (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh Iain Ghròt) is a village 2 1⁄2 mi (4 km) northeast of Canisbay, Caithness,…
