Photo: Stacks of Duncansby, a viewpoint near John o' Groats, Highland, the Scottish Highlands and Islands. — © N Chadwick / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Stacks of Duncansby

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Sharp sea stacks at Scotland's corner.

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The Stacks of Duncansby are great pointed sea stacks rising out of the water just south of Duncansby Head, near the north-east tip of the mainland. A short walk over grassy clifftops from the Duncansby Head car park, past the lighthouse, brings you to the viewpoint looking down on them — easily the best of this corner of coast. Wick is the nearest station, roughly 22km away.

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