Oblique aerial photograph showing old and new castles, and nissen huts

Description Oblique aerial photograph showing old and new castles, and nissen huts

Date 1991

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 873665

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 49651

Scope and Content The castles at Keiss, Caithness, Highland The two castles at Keiss, north-east Caithness, are situated on cliffs just north of the village. The first castle was built by George Sinclair, the 5th Earl of Caithness, in the late 16th-early 17th century. The second, built in 1755, was originally a simple three storey house which was altered and extended in the Scottish Baronial style in 1860. Old Keiss Castle sits precariously on the cliffs (foreground). Originally standing four storeys in height, it is said to have been already ruinous in 1700. Inland of the old castle is the newer castle (centre) with its distinctive white-harling and a series of walled gardens. A number of ruined nissen huts and their foundations line the field boundary behind Keiss Castle (upper left). These are relics of the World War II. The Square of Keiss farm and steading can also be seen (top centre). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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