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Keiss Castle

Scotland · 17th century

Founded
c. 1625
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Location
Highland
Coordinates
58.53813°, -3.10633°
Links
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Keiss Castle in Scotland
Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Keiss Castle or Old Keiss Castle, is a historic ruined castle near Keiss, Caithness in Scotland.

Built sometime in the late 16th to early 17th century for George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness, it follows a z-plan tower house design and stands perched on sheer cliffs, overlooking Sinclair's Bay. It is suggested the castle was built upon an earlier fortification.

The castle was abandoned in 1755 in favour of a newer built residence, aptly named New Keiss Castle. It is a scheduled monument.

Text adapted from “Keiss Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Keiss Castle ranks #5,880 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #209 of the 252 mapped in Scotland. Founded c. 1625, it is older than 29% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,154 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 84 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Scottish Highlands. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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