Faraid Head
Faraid Head ( Scottish Gaelic An Fharaird ) is a small, approximately 2.5 km long peninsula on the north coast of Sutherland in the Scottish Council Area Highlands . It is located about three kilometers north of the hamlet of Balnakeil near Durness .
A small military radar station was built on the headland in the 1950s . The building now serves as a control tower for the air-to-ground firing ranges on Cape Wrath and Garvie Island . On Faraid Head are the largest sand dunes of the British Isles.
Web links
- The Subterranea Britannica entry on Faraid Head - [1] (English)
Coordinates: 58 ° 36 ′ 19.5 " N , 4 ° 46 ′ 11.2" W.