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Holborn Head is a headland
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 on the north-facing Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 coast of Caithness
Caithness

Caithness is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic Local government in Scotland of Scotland. The name was used also for the Earl of Caithness and the Caithness of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ....
, in the Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
 area of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. The point of Holborn Head is at (grid reference
British national grid reference system

The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude and longitude....
 ). The name Holborn appears to be Norse
North Germanic languages

The North Germanic languages or Scandinavian languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages....
 in origin, meaning hillfort, and the headland may be the Tarvedunum promotorium noted by Ptolemy. At the very tip can be found the remains of a promotory fort.

Holburn Head Lighthouse, spelt 'Holburn' unlike the headland which is Holborn Head, is about one kilometre (half a mile) south of the point, near Scrabster Harbour
Scrabster Harbour

Scrabster Harbour is an important port of the Scottish fishing industry. It is located in the North of Scotland at the Thurso Bay . Scrabster is located on the North coast of Scotland, 1? miles from Thurso, 22? miles from Wick and 112 miles from Inverness....
 on the western shore of Thurso Bay
Thurso Bay

Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a headlands and bays of Atlantic Ocean water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland....
, at .






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Holborn Head is a headland
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
 on the north-facing Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 coast of Caithness
Caithness

Caithness is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic Local government in Scotland of Scotland. The name was used also for the Earl of Caithness and the Caithness of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ....
, in the Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
 area of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. The point of Holborn Head is at (grid reference
British national grid reference system

The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude and longitude....
 ). The name Holborn appears to be Norse
North Germanic languages

The North Germanic languages or Scandinavian languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages....
 in origin, meaning hillfort, and the headland may be the Tarvedunum promotorium noted by Ptolemy. At the very tip can be found the remains of a promotory fort.

Holburn Head Lighthouse, spelt 'Holburn' unlike the headland which is Holborn Head, is about one kilometre (half a mile) south of the point, near Scrabster Harbour
Scrabster Harbour

Scrabster Harbour is an important port of the Scottish fishing industry. It is located in the North of Scotland at the Thurso Bay . Scrabster is located on the North coast of Scotland, 1? miles from Thurso, 22? miles from Wick and 112 miles from Inverness....
 on the western shore of Thurso Bay
Thurso Bay

Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a headlands and bays of Atlantic Ocean water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland....
, at . It was designed and built by David
David Stevenson (engineer)

David Stevenson was a lighthouse designer, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, and helped found a great dynasty of lighthouse engineering....
 and Thomas Stevenson
Thomas Stevenson

Thomas Stevenson was a pioneering lighthouse designer, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology....
 and completed in 1862. The tower for the light is integral with the keepers' house which is unusual since most Scottish lighthouses are separate from the house. After entering the upper floor front doorway there is a vestibule which has two entrances, one to the Lightkeepers House and the other to the Lighthouse Tower. There were two Lightkeepers houses and the Tower within the building. Separate to this was the Principal Keeper's House.

The light was discontinued in 2003.