Buldoo

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Buldoo
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Standing Stone at the village of Buldoo, next to Dounreay. The Standing Stone is over 5000 years old, and is many of this type in the area.
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Buldoo
Location within the Caithness area
OS grid reference NC991666
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district KW14 7
Police Scotland
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UK
Scotland
58°34′49″N3°43′28″W / 58.5802°N 3.7244°W / 58.5802; -3.7244 Coordinates: 58°34′49″N3°43′28″W / 58.5802°N 3.7244°W / 58.5802; -3.7244

Buldoo (Scottish Gaelic:) in the far north of Scotland, is a small hamlet 0.5 miles south of Dounreay in Thurso, [1] Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. [2]

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References

  1. Microsoft; Nokia (26 June 2017). "Buldoo" (Map). Bing Maps . Microsoft. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. "Buldoo". The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 30 March 2018.