Visitor attractions and information - Durness
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Durness Visitor Centre, Durness, Sutherland
IV27 4PX. Tel: 01971 511756. Durness Visitor Centre overlooks
golden Sango Bay and is within sight of the most north-westerly
tip of mainland Scotland, Cape Wrath. Inside, the centre has
several comprehensive exhibits, covering crofting, natural history
and local customs and culture. Location:
On the outskirts of Durness. |
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Smoo
Cave, Durness. Set into limestone cliffs, Smoo Cave is 200 feet
long, 130 feet wide, and 50 feet high at the entrance.This easily
accessible cave has the largest entrance of any sea cave in the
British Isles. Its vast interior is floodlit and the innermost
depths can be explored by boat. Long used by local inhabitants,
recent excavations show that the cave was in use 6000 years ago
by the earliest settlers in the north. www.smoocave.org.
Location: On the outskirts
of Durness. |
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