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Caithness

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Caith·ness  (kthns, kth-ns)
A historical region and former county of northeast Scotland. Settled by the Picts, it was overrun by the Vikings in the ninth century and did not revert to Scottish rule until 1202.
Caithness [keɪθˈnɛs ˈkeɪθnɛs]
n
(Placename) (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland


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Apart from the relative restraint of Queensberry House, the building is a restless and at times hyperactive Gesamtkunstwerk drawing on a largely Caledonian palette of oak, sycamore, concrete, silver Kemnay granite and dark Caithness stone.
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