Spittal, Highland
Spittal is a small hamlet in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Spittal lies 9 miles (14 km) south of Thurso, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Mybster. The main A9 road runs past Spittal.[1]
| Spittal | |
|---|---|
  Spittal Location within the Caithness area | |
| OS grid reference | ND167541 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wick |
| Postcode district | KW1 5 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Industry
A nearby electrical substation is the landing point for a 1,200 MW high-voltage direct current submarine power cable to Blackhillock Substation near Keith, Moray in northeast Scotland, crossing the Moray Firth.[2][3][4] Another cable from Shetland is planned to reach Spittal.[5][6]
gollark: Anyone with a screwdriver, the ability to look up tutorials and some sanity can repair a desktop computer (well, replace some parts). This isn't the case for phones - partly just because size constraints, but it's partly artificial.
gollark: People will mess things up but designing unrepairable devices DOES NOT HELP.
gollark: Or, well, Apple-derived thing which spread?
gollark: I think the practice of having the screen glass and touchscreen digitizer/display bit literally be fused together is an Apple thing.
gollark: Convoluted methods to disassemble devices create extra risk and make it harder for regular people to repair.
References
- "Scothighlands - Drive from Scrabster to Latheronwheel, Scotland". www.scothighlands.com. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Caithness Moray HVDC". Caithness Moray. SSE Power Distribution. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- "ABB information". Caithness Moray HVDC Link. ABB. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- "Viking interconnector by April 2016". Shetland News. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- https://www.ssepd.co.uk/CaithnessHVDC/
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