The lighthouse here at Duncansby Head is one of over 200 that are located around Scotland’s wild coastline. Operated and maintained by the Northern Lighthouse Board they warn ships of dangerous waters and provide safe passage.
Standing only . . . — — Map (db m122846) HM
Keiss Quoad Sacra Parish
To the Memory of
The Fallen
In the Great War 1914 – 1919
Pte. Alexander Bain Sea.H. April 18, 1918. · Pte William Budge Can. I. Oct. 31, 1918 · Cpl. Donald Budge S.Gds. March 27, 1918. · Sea. William S. Bremner . . . — — Map (db m127544) WM
Brochs: Beacons of Belonging
You are standing in one of the most important archaeological landscapes in Britain. Scan the horizon. You are surrounded by history: old harbours, houses and burials. As you move around the coastline you will . . . — — Map (db m127566) HM
This Bench Has Been Placed
Here in Memory of
Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother
By Her Majesty’s Friends
Trustees and Employees
At Mey
Queen Elizabeth Loved This
Castle Which She Saved From
Ruin in 1952, Spending Many . . . — — Map (db m127610) HM
Repair and Conservation works to Castle of Mey: Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust
The Castle of Mey was the property of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from 1952 until 1996, when Her Majesty generously gifted it with an endowment to the Queen . . . — — Map (db m127609) HM
For 5000 years people have settled in the land stretching before you, leaving signs of their burials in the chamibered cairns found on the island of Stroma and on the summit of Warth Hill that rises behind this point. It takes its name from the . . . — — Map (db m127567) HM
In Honour of All
Those Who Suffered
And in Proud and Grateful
Remembrance of the Fallen
Sons of the Burgh of Wick
Who Died for Home
and Freedom
In the Great War, 1914 — 1919
Also
In Honoured and Grateful
Remembrance of All . . . — — Map (db m127542) WM
