Dunbeath, Caithness
Posted in Architecture, Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 26 July 2018
Just over the Dunbeath Water from the small harbour lies Dunbeath Castle. This photo was taken from up the hill the road ascends north of the village, where we had parked the car:-
This is a closer view taken from the harbour:-
On a wall by the harbour is this memorial to the SS Gretafield which was torpedoed off Wick on 14/2/1940, set on fire, and finally ran aground on Dunbeath beach. 12 men died.
A small building had a kind of museum to the small boats people used to use for fishing out of Dunbeath. This is a model of the type. I kept thinking of The Silver Darlings:-
Tags: Dunbeath, Dunbeath Castle, Dunbeath Water, Neil M Gunn, SS Gretafield, The Silver Darlings
