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Castletown, a village in Olrig parish, Caithness, at the southern corner of Dunnet Bay, 5 miles E by S of Thurso, with which and with Wick it communicates daily by coach. A neat little place, it owes its origin to the great Castlehill flag quarry (rental £1713) between it and the shore; at it are a post office under Thurso, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, a branch of the Commercial Bank, an hotel, a library and reading room, a harbour, Olrig parish church (1841), a Free church, a United Original Secession church, and a public school. Pop. (1841) 477, (1861) 758, (1871) 911, (1881) 938.—Ord. Sur., sh. 116, 1878.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Olrig Parish Caithness County |
| Place: | Castletown |
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