Freswick Bay Looking Up The South Coast,Caithness,Scotland,UK Stock Image

Freswick Bay looking up the South coast,Caithness,Scotland,UK. South of John o' Groats the main A99 to Wick and all points south crosses the moorland cloaking Warth Hill before descending to parallel the eastern shore of Freswick Bay. The settlement pattern here is typical of much of coastal Caithness, comprising a broad scatter of farmsteads and cottages along a minor road to the north of the bay and the line of the main road. The settlement on the north side of the bay, if "settlement" is not too grand a word, is called Skirza, while the one where the minor road meets the main road is called Tofts. This blends at its southern end seamlessly into Freswick. All three are very easy to overlook by travellers along the main road variously en route to Wick or Land's End. Less easy to overlook, even in passing, is the imposing bulk of Freswick House which stands above the south-west shore of the bay, at the southern end of a broad sandy beach.