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Cape Wrath

Description: Am Parbh / Sutherland / Highland / Scotland / The Cape can be reached only on foot from the south, or by taking a ... more

Cape Wrath ... passenger ferry from Keoldale near Durness across the Kyle of Durness, and then walking, cycling or taking a minibus. The journey of around 11 miles to the lighthouse takes the visitor through a desolate and virtually uninhabited region. The area is used as a military bombardment range by the Royal Air Force; hence travel to the Cape is restricted at certain times of year. There is a lighthouse at the cape, built in 1828 by Robert Stevenson, which was manned until 1998. Overlooking the Cape are the ruins of the Lloyd's signal station which was used to monitor shipping.

Newest Review: ... cliffs of Clo Mhor (pronounced Clo-Var, a little like the English word "Clover") at the head of Cape Wrath and ... more

... dominates the area. The lighthouse was built in 1828 and designed by Robert Stevenson, whose grandson was to later become famous for building the steam locomotive "Stevenson's Rocket" There is no doubt that this lighthouse has saved many hundreds of lives and its position here at the head of one of the most treacherous parts of water in Britain makes it of paramount importance. It is possible to go inside the lighthouse and climb its 81 steps to the top of the tower and on a clear day the views from here to...more

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Cape Wrath: The most north westerly point of the Bristish Isles (1497 words)
by - written on 17/10/07 (Very useful, 115 readings)
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Think of the extremities of the British Isles and you will automatically think of John O' Groats and Lands End. These are famous as the most north easterly and south westerly points respectively but it doesn't take too much thought to realise that there are two more extremities too, these being Dover and Cape Wrath, the most south easterly and north westerly points. This review is about Cape Wrath, in the very top left hand corner of Scotland, the least visited of these four places. I have been to Cape Wrath twice, once as a child and then some twenty years later as an adult, yet to the best of my knowledge it was completely unchanged between these visits with ... Read the complete review