Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brough

Brough, a fishing hamlet in Dunnet parish, Caithness, 3 miles SSE of Dunnet Head, and 11 by road NE of Thurso. A slip was erected here by the Commissioners of Northern Lights for landing their stores.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a fishing hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dunnet Parish       Caithness County

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