Latheronwheel
Latheronwheel
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Latheronwheel harbour | |
Latheronwheel Location within the Caithness area | |
| OS grid reference | ND195329 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LATHERON |
| Postcode district | KW5 |
| Dialling code | 01593 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
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Latheronwheel (from Scottish Gaelic Latharn a' Phuill 'muddy place of the pool') is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland.It is 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Lybster on the A9 road to Helmsdale, near the junction with the A99 road to Wick, which lies in the equally small village of Latheron. Dunbeath lies to the south-west and Lybster to the north-east.
The village is at the mouth of a wide valley, through which flows a small river called the Burn of Latheronwheel.