A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Durness. You may be able to find further references to Durness in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Durine | coastal village with hotel and school | Bartholomew |
| Durness | a coast parish | Groome |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Durness.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Aultnacaillich | place | Bartholomew |
| Aultnacaillich | a place | Groome |
| Balnakiel | a small bay | Groome |
| Balnakiel | small bay | Bartholomew |
| Benspenue | a mountain | Groome |
| Borlay | small loch | Bartholomew |
| Borlay or Borralaidh | a loch | Groome |
| Camisendun | a bay | Groome |
| Camisendun | bay with excellent anchorage | Bartholomew |
| Cape Wrath | a promontory | Groome |
| Choaric or An Corr-eilean | an islet | Groome |
| Choarle | islet | Bartholomew |
| Clashcarnach | harbour | Bartholomew |
| Clashcarnach | a harbour | Groome |
| Craig-na-Faoilinn | a stupendous crag | Groome |
| Craspul | loch | Bartholomew |
| Craspul or Craisaphuill | a loch | Groome |
| Dornadilla | an ancient 'dun' or tower | Groome |
| Dunskerry | an islet | Groome |
| Eriboll | a sea-loch | Groome |
| Fair Aird Head | Bartholomew | |
| Farout Head or Fair-aird | a promontory | Groome |
| Farrmheall (or Farveall) | hill | Bartholomew |
| Fasbheinn (or Fashven) | hill | Bartholomew |
| Fraisgill | a cavern | Groome |
| Freasgeal | cavern | Bartholomew |
| Glengollie | a glen | Groome |
| Glen Golly | glen | Bartholomew |
| Hoan | a green, fertile island | Groome |
| Hope | river | Bartholomew |
| Hope | a river | Groome |
| Kearvaig | a rivulet | Groome |
| Kearvaig | stream | Bartholomew |
| Kyle of Durness | narrow sea-loch | Bartholomew |
| Kyle of Durness | an elongated bay or narrow firth | Groome |
| Loch-nah-Inse-Odhair | loch | Bartholomew |
| Parph, The | part of | Bartholomew |
| Polla | rivulet | Bartholomew |
| Rispond | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Smoo Cave | limestone cavern | Bartholomew |
| Smoo Cave | a limestone cavern | Groome |
| Strath Dionard | valley | Bartholomew |
| Strath More | valley | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Durness within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Pennant | Appendix V: Of Caithness, Strathnavern, and Sutherland | 4 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Whiten Head | 0 | 2 |
| Eriboll | 0 | 3 |
| Cape Wrath | 0 | 3 |
| Achriesgill | 0 | 2 |
| Rabbit Islands | 0 | 2 |
| Castle Varrich | 0 | 2 |
| Kinlochbervie | 0 | 2 |
| Tongue | 0 | 2 |
| Eilean Nan Ron | 0 | 2 |
| Skerray | 0 | 1 |
| Coomb Island | 0 | 2 |
| Eddrachillis | 0 | 3 |
| Borve | 0 | 1 |
| Handa | 0 | 2 |
| Scourie | 0 | 2 |
| Mudale | 0 | 2 |
| Kirtomy | 0 | 1 |
| Naver | 0 | 3 |
| Glen Dhu | 0 | 3 |
| Altnaharra | 0 | 2 |