Haster
Haster | |
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Sign on the A882 | |
Location within the Caithness area | |
OS grid reference | ND313390 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | KW1 5 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Haster is a small remote rural hamlet and district in
A9 road. It is about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) west of Wick and about 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) east of Watten.[2] An older village centre is about half a mile to the south.[3]
Haster has two
play parks and a football pitch, and there is a memorial fountain dedicated to General Lord Horne in the hamlet.[4]
The ruins of St Cuthbert's Church is close to the hamlet. Thought to have measured 40 by 14 feet (12 by 4 m), in 1726 it was described as the "Chapell of Haulster - the common people bury their dead about it".[5]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haster.
- ^ "Haster". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Google (26 October 2021). "Haster" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps (Map).
- ^ David G Scott (26 April 2020). "Granddaughter of Lord Horne of Stirkoke passes away". Caithness Courier.
- ^ "MHG2149 - St. Cuthbert's Church, Haster". her.highland.gov.uk. Highland Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 26 October 2021.