Loading AI tools
Human settlement in Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huna is a small remote crofting township, located 1 mile northeast of Canisbay and 1.5 miles west of John o' Groats in Caithness, in Scotland.[1] It is currently part of the Highland Council area.
Huna | |
---|---|
Huna harbour | |
Location within the Caithness area | |
Population | 139 |
OS grid reference | ND369732 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WICK |
Postcode district | KW1 4YL |
Dialling code | 01955 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Huna is likely to have been an important sheltered port from Norse times and it has been suggested that it equates to Hofn, the burial place in 980 of Hlodvar Thorfinnsson, the Norse Jarl of Orkney. In The Place-Names of Canisbay, Caithness, Huna is described as:
John o' Groat (Jan de Grot) ran a ferry from Huna to Orkney c. 1500 and a mail service between Huna and South Ronaldsay began in 1819.
The following sites are recorded on Highland Council's Historic Environment Record (HER)
The first four of these sites occupy the crest of the rise from the shoreline to the west of Huna House, while the last is in the field to the NE of the field in which the present development is located.
Over the last 2000 years Huna has been owned as a part of the greater area of Caithness under wider ownership such as the Pictish Kingdoms and later the Estates of Mey. The possibility of individual ownership of land and property within Huna and nearby townships didn't occur until 1952 when the estates of Mey were broken up and sold by Captain Fredrick Bouhier Imbert-Terry, including the sale of individual crofts within Huna.
Approximate Dates | Owners | Notes |
---|---|---|
25 - 871 AD | Kingdom of Cat (Cait), Pictish Kingdom | Kingdom Waned from 697AD After the death of King Taran mac Entifidich |
871 AD - Unknown | Wider Pictish Kingdom | |
Unknown | Norse Kingdoms | possible burial place in 980AD of Hlodvar Thorfinnsson the Norse Earl of Orkney |
Unknown | Earls of Orkney (Norway) | Caithness Disputed as part of Norway and Scotland |
Unknown | Bishops of Caithness | As part of the Bishoprics of King David 1st |
1334 - 1335 | Earls of Caithness (1st Creation) | Forfeited to the Crown |
1335 - 1375 | Scottish Crown | |
1375 - 1437 | Earls of Caithness (2nd Creation) | Awarded to Son of Robert II of Scotland later Forfeited by 3rd Earl |
1437 - 1452 | Scottish Crown | |
1452 - August 1454 | George Crichton Earls of Caithness (3rd Creation) | Passed to Crown by Agreement upon death [3] |
August 1454 - 1455 | Scottish Crown | |
1455 - 1889 | 1st - 15th Earls of Caithness (4th Creation) | Grant unto William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness Builder of Rosslyn Chapel |
1889 | Mr F.G. Heathcote (Sinclair) | Estate of Mey Bequeathed by 15th Earl of Caithness |
Unknown | Captain Fredrick Bouhier Imbert-Terry | Purchased the Estates of Mey from the widow of Mr F.G Heathcote (Sinclair) |
1952 | Individual Ownership | Mey Estate broken up and sold including Castle of Mey and Crofts of Huna |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.