Meanings
proper noun
- A headland in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC2574).
Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 157
Origin
Wrath is derived from Old Norse hvarf ("turning point").
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