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Brough Castle is a ruined castle near
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Caithness Castles: Brough Castle, Caithness
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Brough Castle is a ruined castle near Brough, Caithness
Brough is a small village (population 66) in Caithness in the North of Scotland. It is located on the B855 single-track road, the most northerly numbered road on the mainland of Great Britain, and is a few miles to the south east of Dunnet Head, ...
. It is believed to date from the 12th to 14th centuries.
Description
The foundations of the castle are on the landward end of a long rocky promontory about north of the east end of the hamlet of Brough. A trench some wide and deep has been dug across the neck and on either side of the rock; in rear of it has been a range of buildings separated by a narrow courtyard or passage. The keep is not recognisable. The promontory tails away seawards to a shelf of rock. There appears to be no history of this castle.See also
*Castle of Old Wick
The Castle of Old Wick is a ruined castle near the town of Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
Structure
The castle is located on a peninsula, south west of Wick. It is surrounded by sea cliffs and the landward approach was separated by two moats. Only ...
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Caithness Castles: Brough Castle, Caithness
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