Talk:Dunnet Head
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End to End Records and the relevance of Dunnet Head/Easter Head
[edit]It's strange that popular opinion seems to favour Land's End and John o' Groats as the extreme points of mainland Great Britain as it appears to me that The Lizard and Dunnet Head have an equally valid claim, being the extreme southerly and northerly points of mainland Great Britain. One wonders if popular opinion was led by locally engendered commercialism or the other way around as both Land's End and John o' Groats are now places that exploit visitors because of their claim to be the extreme ends of Great Britain, quite unlike the Dunnet Head, although The Lizard does have more discreet commercialism on show than either Land's End or John o' Groats. So why has no one attempted records between The Lizard and Easter Head, I wonder ?
It seems unfortunate that the issue of Dunnet Head is somewhat clouded by the uncertainty about its claim as, I understand, the name is that of an entire peninsula and not its most northerly promontory, which is Easter Head, upon which stands the lighthouse. Likewise there can be no doubt that The Lizard, a true promontory - also with a lighthouse, is Great Britain's most southerly point.
In the circumstances "disambiguation" - as you call it - is essential to a proper understanding of the claim to be the most northerly point of mainland Great Britain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.136.207 (talk) 21:02, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Link to Most Westerly Point
[edit]As it stands, the list of links seems to have two links to different places, each claiming to be the most westerly point on the mainland:
Ardnamurchan Point - most westerly point on the island of Great Britain [...] Corrachadh Mòr - Scotland's most westerly point on the mainland
From the linked articles, I think the first is incorrect? Unless there is something I am not understanding...? 158.43.112.246 (talk) 11:42, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
- The two articles seem to agree, so I have removed Ardnamurchan Point from the "See also" section. Thanks for pointing it out. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:49, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
Exactly how far north is it?
[edit]Since the place's main claim to fame seems to be that it's as far north as you can get on the British mainland, it feels relevant to mention how far north that actually is. The article for Lizard_Point,_Cornwall has the corresponding information. Here, there's only something about a "grid reference", whatever that might be.--CRConrad (talk) 13:22, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
Map
[edit]The map is too local to be useful. At the very least you want a map that shows Dunnet Head in relation to John O'Groats—and perhaps a second map extending to Inverness? Koro Neil (talk) 21:17, 30 August 2023 (UTC)