Wick Harbour

Hempriggs is a broch located 200 metres south of the settlement of Hempriggs in Caithness, Scotland. Brochs were Iron Age defensive structures built across northern Scotland between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. These distinctive round stone towers typically stood between 10 and 15 metre…

Castle Girnigoe is a ruined late medieval and early modern fortress located on a headland near Wick in Caithness, northern Scotland. The castle was developed from the late 15th century onwards by the Sinclair family, earls of Caithness, with significant construction and modification continuing in…

Green Hill Broch is an Iron Age broch located 300 metres west of Mordwall in Caithness, Scotland. Brochs are distinctive circular stone towers unique to northern Britain, typically dating from the Iron Age. This example stands upon Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock of Middle Devonian age, which wo…

Tannach Mains is a Iron Age broch situated in Caithness, northern Scotland. The monument stands on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a mixed sequence of conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Middle Devonian period. This local geology of relatively soft sedimentar…

Thrumster Little is a broch situated in Caithness, northern Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. Brochs are distinctive Iron Age stone towers that flourished in Scotland between roughly 100 BC and AD 100, characterised by their hollow-walled circula…

Thrumster is a settlement beside the Burn of Swartigill in Caithness, northern Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Middle Old Red Sandstone bedrock of Middle Devonian age, comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This geological foundation is typical of the Caithnes…