Forse, an estate, with a mansion, in Latheron parish, Caithness, 2½ miles W of Lybster. Its owner, George Sutherland, Esq. (b. 1827; suc. 1846), holds 8000 acres in the county, valued at £2482 per annum. Forse fishing hamlet, 2 miles WSW of Lybster, has an inn; and on the cliffs here is the site of an old castle.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)