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Ardvreck Castle
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Dramatically sited on the shore of Loch Assynt, the castle was built in the 15th - 16th century. The Marquis of Montrose was held prisoner here in 1650 before being sent to his execution in Edinburgh.
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Address:
Loch Assynt, Inchnadamph, Sutherland, IV27
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Keiss Castle
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This late 16th century tower-house, dramatically sited on the edge of the cliff, is reached by a path from Keiss harbour. The castle originally belonged to the Earls of Caithness and was abandoned in 1755.
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Address:
Keiss
, Wick, Caithness, KW1
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Dunrobin Castle, Garden and Museum
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This ancient seat of the Dukes and Earls of Sutherland is the largest house in the Scottish Highlands. Re-modelled in the 1840s, it has great formal gardens and a museum.
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Address:
Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6SF
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Castle Girnigoe
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Girnigoe Castle was built around the late 14th to early 15th centuries on a rocky promontory, and was defended on the landward side by great ditches, spanned by drawbridges.
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Address:
Noss Head
, Wick, Caithness, KW1 4
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Castle of Mey and Gardens
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The most northerly castle on the Scottish mainland, for almost 50 years it was the summer residence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Traditional two acre walled garden, with herbaceous borders and beds full of scented roses.
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Address:
Thurso, Caithness, KW14 8XH
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Castle of Old Wick (HS)
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This simple tower was built in the 12th or early 13th century when the Norse Earls of Orkney ruled Caithness. It had no stairs or chimneys. Access from floor to floor was by wooden ladder.
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Address:
Wick, Caithness, KW1 5
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