Latheron

This article is about the Scottish village. For the English footballer, see Eddie Latheron.

Human settlement in Scotland

Latheron

* Scottish Gaelic: Latharn

Clan Gunn Heritage Centre

Latheron

Location within the Caithness area

OS grid reference| ND199335
Civil parish|

* Latheron

Council area|

* Highland

Lieutenancy area|

* Caithness

Country| Scotland
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| LATHERON
Postcode district| KW5
Dialling code| 01593
Police| Scotland
Fire| Scottish
Ambulance| Scottish
UK Parliament|

* Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Scottish Parliament|

* Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency in the Highlands and Islands electoral region

List of places

Scotland

58°17′N 3°22′W﻿ / ﻿58.28°N 3.37°W﻿ / 58.28; -3.37

Latheron (from Scottish Gaelic Latharn 'muddy place')[1] is a small village and civil parish in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland,[2] centred on the junction of the A9 with the A99.[3]

The Clan Gunn Heritage Centre and Museum is housed in the old Parish Church (built in 1734). The church was donated to the Society in 1974 and with financial support from the Highlands and Islands Development Board, Caithness District Council and the Scottish Countryside Commission the clan society converted it into a museum; it was officially opened on 22 August 1985.[4]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland Archived 21 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Scottish National Heritage.
2. ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Latheron". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. ^ "Scothighlands - Drive along the A9 to Scrabster, Scotland". www.scothighlands.com. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
4. ^ "Clan Gunn Society". Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

## External links

[edit]

* Latheron historical notes

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX

This Caithness location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template