Scrabster
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| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] ND099701] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | THURSO |
| Postcode district | KW14 |
| Dialling code | 01847 |
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| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Scrabster (Template:Langx)[1] is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) from Thurso, Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.22+1⁄2 miles (36.2 km) from Wick, 112 miles (180 km) from Inverness and 271.7 miles (437.2 km) from Edinburgh. Scrabster Harbour is an important port for the Scottish fishing industry.[2]
During the Second World War, munitions were ferried to Scapa Flow from Scrabster harbour aboard the 40 ft (12.2 m) pilot cutter Mermaid (registered in King's Lynn and built in 1908), skippered by Antony Bridges.[3]
Transport
The NorthLink ferry (Template:MV) leaves regularly from Scrabster for Stromness in Orkney. Smyril Line operated a weekly service to the Faroe Islands in the summer months, but this was discontinued in 2008.[4]
The nearest railway line is the Far North Line, connecting Thurso to Inverness.
Fishing
Although it is now important, in the years before the First World War, fishing from Thurso and Scrabster was very unpredictable. For example, the Annual Report of the Fishery Board for 1906 states: "The total quantity and value of all kinds of fish are reduced to one fourth of the previous year's owing to the complete failure of the herring fishing"[5].
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Notable people
- George Bain, who led the revivification of Celtic Art, was born in Scrabster.[6]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database". Gaelicplacenames.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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- ^ Scapa Ferry, Antony Bridges, Template:ISBN, 1957.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Summer ferry sailings cancelled". BBC News. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."25th Report:Appendices". Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. Edinburgh: His Majesty's Stationery Office: 54-55. 1906.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."George Bain - 1881–1968". openvirtualworlds.org.
External links
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