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Cape Wrath
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English
Etymology
Wrath is derived from Old Norse hvarf ("turning point").
Proper noun
cape Wrath
en headland in the Durness parish of the county of x/Sutherland carea/Highland cc/Scotland OS grid ref NC2574.
en 1980 AA Book of British Villages Drive Publications Ltd 157 Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.