Forss is a small hamlet, situated 3 miles west of
Thurso, in
Caithness
Caithness ( gd, Gallaibh ; sco, Caitnes; non, Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
,
Scottish Highlands and is in the
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
council area of
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
.
is located in Forss and was the former stronghold of the
Sinclairs of Dunbeath. The ancient 12th century chapel known as St Mary's Chapel is located nearby at Crosskirk.
flows through Forss, flowing north to
Crosskirk
Crosskirk is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Crosskirk Bay, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scotland, Scottish council area of Highland Council area, Highland.
The hamlet of Crosskirk is situated less than 1 mile north east of ...
, with the outflow at Crosskirk Bay.
Gallery
File:St Mary's - ruined chapel Crosskirk - geograph.org.uk - 296285.jpg, 12th century Chapel of St Mary's
References
Populated places in Caithness
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