Caithness

E418470

historic county lieutenancy area registration county

Caithness is a historic county in the far north of Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, Norse-Gaelic heritage, and long association with the Sinclair family.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Caithness canonical	36
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	3
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	2
Caithness and Sutherland	1
Caithness, Scotland	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic county ⓘ lieutenancy area ⓘ registration county ⓘ
adjacentTo	Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney Islands (across Pentland Firth)
associatedFamily	Sinclairs of Orkney ⓘ surface form: Sinclair family
associatedTitle	Earl of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	North Sea ⓘ Pentland Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ Sutherland ⓘ
containsFeature	Ackergill Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Castle of Mey ⓘ Duncansby Head ⓘ Dunnet Head ⓘ Flow Country ⓘ Girnigoe Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Loch Calder NERFINISHED ⓘ Loch Watten NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Wick Castle ⓘ Sinclair Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsSettlement	Castletown ONNED1 ⓘ Dunnet ⓘ Halkirk ⓘ John o' Groats ⓘ Lybster ⓘ Thurso ⓘ Wick ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
governedBy	Highland Council ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	North Sea ⓘ Pentland Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Thurso railway station ⓘ Wick railway station ⓘ
hasTransportFacility	Wick John O’Groats Airport ⓘ surface form: Wick John O'Groats Airport
historicalInfluence	Gaelic culture ⓘ Norse culture ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	Pictland ⓘ
historicCountySystem	counties of Scotland ⓘ
knownFor	Norse-Gaelic heritage ⓘ association with the Sinclair family ⓘ rugged coastline ⓘ
largestTown	Thurso ⓘ
lieutenancyAreaOf	Lord Lieutenant of Caithness ⓘ surface form: Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness
locatedIn	Scottish Highlands ⓘ surface form: Highlands of Scotland far north of Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Highland council area ⓘ
traditionalCountyTown	Wick ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Norn ⓘ surface form: Norn (historically) Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sinclair → hasHistoricalRegionOfOrigin → Caithness ⓘ

A9 road → traversesRegion → Caithness ⓘ

Highland council area → contains → Caithness ⓘ

Norn → spokenIn → Caithness ⓘ

Wick → locatedIn → Caithness ⓘ

Wick → formerCountyTownOf → Caithness ⓘ

Wick → lieutenancyArea → Caithness ⓘ

Wick → hasHistoricCounty → Caithness ⓘ

Wick → hasCategory → Caithness ⓘ

Tain → parliamentaryConstituency → Caithness ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Tain → scottishParliamentConstituency → Caithness ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Ullapool → scottishParliamentConstituency → Caithness ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Sir George Crichton → titleHolderOf → Caithness ⓘ

Sir George Crichton → historicalRegion → Caithness ⓘ

Orcadian Basin → extendsTo → Caithness ⓘ

Moray Firth → borderedBy → Caithness ⓘ

Pentland Firth → borderedBy → Caithness ⓘ

Highland Council → administers → Caithness ⓘ

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland → locatedIn → Caithness ⓘ

subject surface form: Thurso

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland → lieutenancyArea → Caithness ⓘ

subject surface form: Thurso

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland → historicCounty → Caithness ⓘ

subject surface form: Thurso

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland → traditionalRegion → Caithness ⓘ

subject surface form: Thurso

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland → parliamentaryConstituencyUK → Caithness ⓘ

subject surface form: Thurso

this entity surface form: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Thurso, Caithness, Scotland → parliamentaryConstituencyScottish → Caithness ⓘ

subject surface form: Thurso

this entity surface form: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

St. Clair → hasHistoricalRegionOfOrigin → Caithness ⓘ

Clan Sinclair → hasHistoricSeat → Caithness ⓘ

Clan Sinclair → associatedWithRegion → Caithness ⓘ

Clan Gunn → region → Caithness ⓘ

Sutherland → borders → Caithness ⓘ

Earldom of Orkney → includedTerritory → Caithness ⓘ

Earl of Orkney → appliesToJurisdiction → Caithness ⓘ

Thorfinn Sigurdsson → placeOfRule → Caithness ⓘ

Clan MacKay → district → Caithness ⓘ

Scrabster → region → Caithness ⓘ

Scrabster → traditionalCounty → Caithness ⓘ

Thurso → locatedIn → Caithness ⓘ

Thurso → historicalCounty → Caithness ⓘ

Clan Keith → historicRegion → Caithness ⓘ

William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → residence → Caithness ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caithness, Scotland

Brora → hasRegion → Caithness ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caithness and Sutherland

Georgemas Junction → locatedIn → Caithness ⓘ

Forsinard → locatedIn → Caithness ⓘ

subject surface form: Flow Country

Scotland–Norway relations → involvesRegion → Caithness ⓘ