Day 3 - Castletown Harbor
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Stone in Castletown Harbor in Castletown Thurso Scotland, The United Kingdom on May 22nd, 2016. — Much of the village is built on the old townland (or fermland) of Stanergill. The Stanergill Burn was the eastern boundary of the townland. It flows now through the eastern end of the village and so into Dunnet Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The name Stanergill can be read as meaning Stone Valley and much of Castletown was built during the 19th century boom years of Caithness as a source of flagstone. Much of the stone was processed in the harbour area of the village, known as Castlehill, and many of the streets of London, Sydney, Edinburgh and the financial district of New York City are paved with it. - Wikipedia
Victoria Photographing Castletown.
Victoria takes a break from photographing Dunnet Bay to turn her camera towards Harbour Road in Castletown in Castletown Thurso Scotland, The United Kingdom on May 22nd, 2016. —The village of Castletown lies a short distance inland from the southern corner of Dunnet Bay, five miles east of Thurso. Dunnet Bay faces north-west and is protected to the north by the bulk of Dunnet Head. The bay's southeastern side is bounded by a beautiful two-mile long beach backed by high dunes. The southern end of the beach expires at the mouth of a stream, once used to power the huge, but now ruinous, Castletown Mill. - undiscoveredscotland.co.uk
