0 an area of northeastern Scotland that was a county (= area with its own local government) until 1975: --
At BT's Thurso help desk in Caithness, 30 staff provide on-line help to BT computer users in London.
Caithness, mainland Scotland's most northerly county, is quite unlike its wilder neighbour, Sutherland.
Sutherland, Caithness and Ross-shire offer wonderful game fishing amidst some of Scotland's most dramatic scenery.
Twelve miles from our Caithness home, across the stormy waters of the Pentland Firth, lie the Orkney Islands.