Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
📍 Highland, Scotland
About
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe is located about 3 miles north of Wick on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland. It is considered to be one of the earliest seats of Clan Sinclair. It comprises the ruins of two castles: the 15th-century Castle Girnigoe; and the early 17th-century Castle Sinclair. They are designated as a scheduled monument.
Built by William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness, between 1476 and 1496 on a dramatic promontory above Sinclair Bay. The 4th Earl imprisoned his own son here in 1577, who starved to death. Commandeered by Parliamentarian troops during the Civil War, uninhabitable by the 1680s. Now under restoration by the Sinclair Castle Trust.
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