Burnside may be perceived now as a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in Highland Scotland. Thurso is a small town in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. ... Caithness is a traditional county and former administrative county which is now within the Highland area of Scotland. ... This article is about the Highland administrative region in Scotland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ...

Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at Grid reference: ND106691 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=ND106691). A belt of agricultural land still separates the district from central Thurso. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... This article is about the edifice. ... The A9 is a major road in Scotland, which runs from Edinburgh to Thurso. ... This article is about the map grid references in the UK. For the Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... Land is sometimes used synonymously with country. ...

Wolf Burn flows through the district to enter Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth, midway between Thurso town centre to the east and Scrabster Harbour to the west. The Pentland Firth, which is actually more like a strait than a firth, separates the Orkney Islands from the northern tip of the Scottish Highland region around Caithness. ...

A bishop's castle was established near the mouth of Wolf Burn while Caithness was part of the Norse earldom of Orkney: foundations are all that now remain. Bishop (disambiguation). ... The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ... Norse is related to Scandinavia, and may mean: Ancient Norse mythology Medieval Norsemen, i. ... An Earl as a member of the British peerage ranks below a Marquess and above a Viscount. ... The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ...

The New Weigh Inn hotel (or motel) is on the eastern edge of the district, at the A9-A836 junction. Hotel is the letter H in the NATO phonetic alphabet. ... The word motel originates from the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, first built in 1925 by Arthur Heinman. ... The A9 is a major road in Scotland, which runs from Edinburgh to Thurso. ... The A836 road runs through Highland, Scotland. ...