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