Noss Head is a headland on the north-west coast of Scotland that overlooks Sinclairs Bay. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-east of Wick in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

The Noss Head Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse near Wick in Caithness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located at the end of Noss Head, a peninsula on the north-west coast of Caithness that overlooks Sinclairs Bay, three miles north-east of Wick.

The name Noss Head comes from the Old Norse word, Snos, a nose, the peak of nose-shaped headland. The lighthouse was completed in 1849 by Mr Robert Arnot of Inverness, and the light was first exhibited on Monday 18 June 1849.

3 days ago · Our next stop was Duncansby Head and Stacks. From the lighthouse, we followed the coastal path and were amazed to see hundreds of fulmers and guillemots nesting in the layers of rocks towering above the sea.

Detailed Reviews: Reviews ordered by recency and descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as wait time, length of visit, general tips, and location information. This is a picturesque lighthouse and the ruins of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe on cliffs overlooking the North Sea.

Noss Head is a small headland north of Wick in Caithness and comes from the Old Norse word ‘snos’ or nose. The small extension of land is like a nose! The lighthouse at Noss Head was built in 1849 by Robert Arnot from Inverness under the watchful eye of Alan Stevenson.

The Stevensons innovated with every light, and Noss Head was the first with the now classic structure of diagonal glass panes in the lantern room. The original courtyard walls were the same height as the buildings, but they created whirlwinds on stormy days. Noss Head Lighthouse in the 19th Century – Canmore

The Noss Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse near Wick at the end of Noss Head, a peninsula on the north-west coast of Caithness that overlooks Sinclairs Bay 4.5 km north-east of Wick.

The Noss Head Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse near Wick in Caithness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located at the end of Noss Head, a peninsula on the north-west coast of Caithness that overlooks Sinclairs Bay , three miles north-east of Wick.

This journey stone depicts the lighthouse at Noss Head. It was built in 1849 by Alan Stevenson, uncle to Robert Louis Stevenson. Alan was a classicist as well as an engineer, and interested in classical architecture, hence the Greek pediment above the lighthouse door, and the curves on the chimney stacks.