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This is a website for friends and family visiting us at Highbrook House. It helps locate the house which can be a challenge as the house is in a remote rural location and the postcode sends you to another house. On this site you are also able to see the many and varied activities to do here in the Highlands of Caithness.
JUST A FEW OF THE ACTIVITIES
Here are just some of the activities, sights and attractions that are within a short distance of Highbrook House:
Camster Forest
CAMSTER FOREST Camster forest is a short walk or drive away from the Camster Cairns. The walk ascends to the top of a set of hills giving a great view >> Read More
Peedie Sands
PEEDIE SANDS The beautiful sandy beach at Peedie Sands is a short walk along from Dwarwick pier, near Dunnet. Peedie Sands beach is best visited when the tide is out >> Read More
Achanarras Quarry
ACHANARRAS QUARRY Scotland’s ‘fossil quarry’, one of the most famous fossil sites in the world, offering a unique opportunity to discover and learn about 380-million-year-old fish. Located on a wind-swept >> Read More
Dunnet Bay
DUNNET BAY Dunnet Bay is a fantastic sweeping arc of white sandy beach backed by rolling sand dunes. Stretching for over 2 miles, the bay is fairly sheltered from the >> Read More
Staxigoe Harbour
STAXIGOE HARBOUR Historic Fishing Village. Staxigoe derives from Norse, "the inlet of the stack". The fishing industry was the livelihood of many families living along the Caithness coast. At Staxigoe >> Read More
The Brown Trout Pub
THE BROWN TROUT This is our local pub and is only a 10-15 min walk away from Highbrook House. There is free parking if you want to drive and will >> Read More
Hill O’Many Stanes
HILL O'MANY STANES Behold the strange sight of about 200 stones erected in more than 22 rows on hillside moorland. The Hill o’ Many Stanes consists of about 200 small >> Read More
Cairn O’Get
CAIRN O'GET Step into a tomb with a history spanning 5,000 years of human activity. Cairn o’Get is an impressive chambered burial cairn set amid a landscape rich in prehistoric >> Read More
Camster Cairns
CAMSTER CAIRNS Stand among two of the oldest stone monuments in Scotland – a pair of Neolithic tombs originally built more than 5,000 years ago. Although they have been reconstructed >> Read More