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Caithness

American

[keyth-nes, keyth-nes] / ˈkeɪθ nɛs, keɪθˈnɛs /

noun

a historic county in NE Scotland.

Caithness British

/ keɪθˈnɛs, ˈkeɪθnɛs /

noun

(until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland

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Eann Sinclair, Highlands and Islands Enterprise area manager for Caithness and Sutherland, said the route had achieved "recognition well beyond most people's expectations".

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The Highland Council recently published a strongly-worded critique of one of the most contentious power lines, stretching 107 miles from the north of Caithness through eastern Sutherland and Easter Ross to the central Highland village of Beauly.

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Dounreay, on the north Caithness coast, was established 70 years ago as an experimental nuclear power site.

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In 2020 Gail Ross, the SNP's MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, announced that she would not seek re-election as she wanted to watch her son grow up.

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Their new home was Lochdhu Lodge in Altnabreac, a small community in Caithness.

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