- Latheronwheel
Latheronwheel is a small Scottish village, in
Caithness . It is located eight kilometres (five miles) southwest ofLybster on theA9 road toHelmsdale , close to the junction with theA895 road toThurso , which lies in the equally small village ofLatheron .The village is located at the mouth of a wide valley, through which flows a small river which shares the village's name.
It was built on the land of one Captain Dunbar (who had actually wished for it to be called Janetston, after his wife). It was a planned settlement, begun in 1835 with the building of a hotel (then known as 'Dunbar’s Hotel' but today as 'The Blends' - due to its proprietor in the 1890s penchant for blending
whisky from stills of dubious legality). In the beginning, tenants of the settlement were allocated convert|2|acre|m2 and the right to fish from the harbour.The harbour was constructed around 1840, with a small
lighthouse (soon disused) built on the southern headland. At one time was the home of 50 boats although few now remain. Initiallysalmon was caught, but this gave way toherring .External links
* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst2008.html Overview from the Gazetteer for Scotland]
* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/moretpix2008.html Photographs]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Latheronwheel,+UK Latheronwheel] onGoogle Maps
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