Stage 13 of the JOGT: Wick to Kiess

Distance 12.5 miles/20 km

For further details see jogt.co.uk/stages/

The area to the north and west of Wick is associated with Drostan. Drostan’s followers in Caithness, where he was known as Trostan, were Fergus, Colum/Colm and Modan. The Chapel of Teer, at the farm of Shorelands near Ackergill, is connected with Deer in Aberdeenshire. Teer is a Caithness form of Deer, even as Trostan is of Drostan. The abbot of Deer had lands and tenants in Caithness, which may have been gifted from the Keiths of Ackergill, whose original home was near Deer.

For further details go to britainexpress.com/scotland/Highland/Caithness/keiss.htm