Murkle

Murkle
Murkle Bay Looking across Murkle Bay to the headland known as the Spur of Murkle. Viewed from the shore at East Murkle where the flagstone beds are fringed by a narrow beach of shell sand.
Murkle is located in Caithness
Murkle
Murkle
Location within the Caithness area
OS grid referenceND161682
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtKW14 8
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
List of places
UK
Scotland
58°35′39″N 3°26′37″W / 58.59429°N 3.44353°W / 58.59429; -3.44353

Murkle (Murchill) is a small scattered hamlet, made up of East Murkle and West Murkle located one mile (1.6 km) east of Thurso, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]

  1. ^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Murkle, Highland". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 10 January 2020.