Slaters Loup
Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Slaters Loup
Classification Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7990
Site Number ND07SE 16
NGR ND 0979 7157
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7990
- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND07SE 16 0979 7157.
Monument (to Captain Slater RN.)
OS 6"map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1872)
A small monument erected close to the place where Captain Slater, who was in charge of the Admiralty Survey of this coast 'some years ago' committed suicide by jumping off the cliff into the sea. The place has been called "Slater's Loup" , since that time.
Name Book 1872.
