| Nybster | |
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Nybster
Nybster shown within the Caithness area |
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| OS grid reference | ND367876 |
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| Council area | Highland |
| Lieutenancy area | Inverness |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wick |
| Postcode district | KW14 |
| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Nybster is a scattered rural and crofting township, situated in Caithness and is in the Scottish council area of Highland
It is the location of the Nybster Broch. A broch is an Iron Age building that is unique to Scotland. This one was probably built between about 200 BC and 200 AD and re-used during the Pictish period (AD 300 - 800). Nybster Broch has a website which is charting recent (2011) excavations.
The Caithness Broch Centre nearby provides an opportunity to learn more about the communities that lived in the brochs, those who excavated them and the communities who are still involved with them today.
The hamlet of Auckengill is situated 0.5 mile south of Nybster, along the A9 road.