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Thing's Va

Where is Thing's Va?

Thing's Va is in the parish of Thurso and the county of Caithness.

Grid reference: ND 0808 6824

Lat / long: 58.592378, -3.5830451

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OS Map for Thing's Va

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Thurso & John O’Groats (Dunnet Head)
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Weather at Thing's Va

7°C
max 7°C / min 5°C
23km/h NE
1005mb
64%
100%
06:02 18:37

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Weather observed at Thurso at 14:40
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References (websites)

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Ancient sites near Thing's Va

Thing's Va cairn

0.1km away

Scrabster Mains broch

1.6km away

Bell Mount (possible) broch

2.5km away

Oust broch

3.2km away

Brimside Tulloch broch

3.4km away

Tulloch Park souterrain

3.8km away

Whitefield (site of) broch

3.9km away

Geise broch

4.1km away

Stemster Hill (possible) broch

4.5km away
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Castles near Thing's Va

Scrabster Castle

2.7km away

Castle of Ormlie

3.2km away

Thurso Castle

4.4km away

Brims Castle

4.7km away

Castle of Haimer (site of)

6.2km away

Dounreay Castle

9.8km away

Braal Castle

9.9km away

Borlum

11.6km away

Brough Castle

15.8km away
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Pictish stones near Thing's Va

Ulbster Class II cross slab

4.5km away

Reay Class III cross slab

5.9km away

Skinnet Class II cross slab

7.9km away

Craig of Hattel Class I symbol stone

10.7km away

Sandside Class I symbol stone

13.3km away

Birkle Hill Class I symbol stone

27.5km away

Ackergill 1 Class I symbol stone

29.7km away

Ackergill 2 Class I symbol stone

29.8km away

Watenan Class I symbol stone

35.8km away
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Pictish sites near Thing's Va

Burghead fort

99.0km away

Gaulcross hoard

113.4km away

Torvean silver chain

131.5km away

Parkhill silver chain

173.4km away

Nigg silver chain

185.8km away

Dunnicaer fort

199.3km away

St. Ninian's Isle hoard

201.0km away

Norrie's Law hoard

262.5km away

Traprain Law silver chain

297.0km away
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Accommodation near Thing's Va

The Weigh Inn Hotel
hotelThurso
2.6km away
Ferry Inn
hotelScrabster
2.9km away
Sandra's Backpackers Hostel
hostelThurso
3.5km away
Holborn Hotel
hotel, barThurso
3.6km away
Royal Hotel Thurso
hotel, restaurant, barThurso
3.6km away
St Clair Arms Hotel
hotelThurso
11.0km away
The Castletown Hotel
hotelCastletown
11.0km away
Greenland House
hotelThurso
11.4km away
Dunnet Head Cottage
self-catering cottage, bed and breakfastBrough
15.2km away
The Brown Trout Hotel
hotelWick
21.1km away

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Cafés, restaurants & bars near Thing's Va

Holborn Hotel
hotel, barThurso
3.6km away
Red Pepper Restaurant
restaurantThurso
3.6km away
Royal Hotel Thurso
hotel, restaurant, barThurso
3.6km away
The Storehouse
caféJohn O'Groats
30.3km away
Ackergill Tower
hotel, restaurant, barWick
30.3km away
Royal Golf Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
83.3km away
The Eagle
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
83.3km away
Dornoch Castle Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
83.4km away
Railway Hotel
hotel, barTain
90.9km away
Royal Hotel Tain
hotel, bar, restaurantTain
91.0km away
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Published on the 30th of April 2017 at 11:36 am. Updated on the 30th of April 2017 at 11:36 am.

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