Caithness
Proper noun
Meaning
A Scottish earldom.
A historical county in the far north of Scotland, which was abolished and merged into Highland Region in 1975, which became the Highland council area in 1996.
A type of cheese from Caithness in Scotland.
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Even less is known about "Caithness Norn" than about Orkney and Shetland Norn.
ISBN 1-84158-596-3 * This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : citation Further reading * Batey, C.E. et al (eds.) (1995) The Viking Age in Caithness, Orkney and the North Atlantic.
In 1470, William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness ceded his title to James III and the following year the Northern Isles were directly annexed to the Crown of Scotland, Nicolson (1972) p. 45 a process confirmed by Parliament in 1472.
Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Sutherland, the Western Isles and the Isle of Man, and part of Ross were settled; the links between Kenneth's kingdom and Ireland were weakened, those with southern England and the continent almost broken.
Gunn graduated through the ranks of the Greens’ youth set up and played for the Caithness Orkney under-18 side which lifted the Scottish Youth Bowl at Murrayfield.
The next closest options for residents are in Wester Ross, a 135-mile round trip to Ullapool, or in Caithness, a journey totalling more than 141 miles to Thurso and back.