Thrumster is a crofting township on the main A99 road between Wick and Inverness.

The transmission mast used to broadcast BBC television and radio signals to Caithness was located here until 1960.

Around 500 m (550 yd) south is Thrumster Parish Church, part of the Church of Scotland charge of Pulteneytown and Thrumster.

The township of Sarclet is situated 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to the southeast.

Near Thrumster House is a standing stone, that affirms the legend that Margaret, Maid of Norway, Norwegian princess, who was heiress of the Scottish Town, was wrecked on this coast on her return to Scotland, and buried under the Standing-Stane o' Thrumster.