Thrumster, Caithness

Thrumster is a crofting township on the main A99 road between Wick and Inverness. It is the nearest village to Wick. The transmission mast used to broadcast BBC television and radio signals to Caithness was located here until 1960.

Thrumster
Thrumster Location within the Caithness area
OS grid reference	ND340450
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Caithness
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thrumster
Postcode district	KW1 5
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland 58.3888°N 3.12993°W / 58.3888; -3.12993

Thrumster railway station

The village had a railway station until trains stopped running on the Wick and Lybster Railway in 1944. The station has been preserved. Around 500 m (550 yd) south is Thrumster Parish Church, part of the Church of Scotland charge of Pulteneytown and Thrumster.

The township of Sarclet is situated 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to the southeast.

Features

Near Thrumster House is a standing stone, that affirms the legend that Margaret, Maid of Norway, Norwegian princess, who was heiress of the Scottish Town, was wrecked on this coast on her return to Scotland, and buried under the Standing-Stane o' Thrumster.^[1]

References

1. The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, Shetland, General index. W. Blackwood and Sons. 1845. p. 142. Retrieved 17 February 2018.