Book : The Rough Guide
to Scottish Highlands and Islands (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Book : West Highland
Way: Map/Guide
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Durness Visitor Centre, Durness, Sutherland IV27 4PX. Tel: 01971
511756. Durness Visitor Centre overlooks golden Sango Bay and
is within sight of the most north-westerly tip of mainland Scotland,
Cape Wrath. Inside, the centre has several comprehensive exhibits,
covering crofting, natural history and local customs and culture.About
20 miles west of Tongue.
Smoo Cave, Durness. Set
into limestone cliffs, Smoo Cave is 200 feet long, 130 feet wide,
and 50 feet high at the entrance. This easily accessible cave
has the largest entrance of any sea cave in the British Isles.
Its interior is floodlit and the depths can be explored by boat.
Recent excavations show that the cave was in use 6000 years ago
by the earliest settlers in the north. www.smoocave.org. About
14 miles west of Tongue.
Castle Varrich, Tongue. The remains of Caisteal Bharraigh are
spectacularly located on the summit of a bluff dominating the
Kyle of Tongue. Reputed to have been the stronghold of a Norse
warrior of the 11th Century. About 1 mile west of Tongue.
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