Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Castle Girnigoe”, “Castle Sinclair”, “Girnigo”, and “Girnigo Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Noss Head Lighthouse and Wick John O‘ Groats Airport.
Noss Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Noss Head Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse near Wick in Caithness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located at the end of Noss Head, a peninsula on the north-west coast of Caithness that overlooks Sinclairs Bay, three miles north-east of Wick. Noss Head Lighthouse is situated 3,300 feet east of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.
Wick John O‘ Groats Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wick John O' Groats Airport is located one nautical mile north of the town of Wick, at the north-eastern extremity of the mainland of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. Wick John O‘ Groats Airport is situated 1½ miles southwest of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.
Ackergill Tower
Hotel
Photo: LeeNapier, Public domain.
Ackergill Tower is located on the coast of Sinclair's Bay, about 2.5 miles north of Wick, Caithness, in northern Scotland. It was built in the early 16th century, and is a Category A listed building. Ackergill Tower is situated 1½ miles west of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Staxigoe and Ackergill.
Staxigoe
Village
Staxigoe is a former fishing village, located 2 miles east of Wick on the north-eastern coast of the former county of Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Staxigoe is situated 1½ miles south of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.
Ackergill
Hamlet
Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness, in the Highland Council area of Scotland. Ackergill is situated 2 miles southwest of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.
Papigoe
Village
Papigoe is a village on the east coast of Caithness, at the head of Broad Haven Bay in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Papigoe is situated 2 miles south of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
- Categories: archaeological site, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.47804° or 58° 28′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.06798° or 3° 4′ 5″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Operator
Clan Sinclair TrustOpen location code
9CCRFWHJ+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 361484453OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Italian—“Castle Sinclair Girnigoe” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sinclair Girnigoe gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Castle Sinclair Girnigoe”
- French: “château de Sinclair et Girnigoe”
- French: “Château de Sinclair et Girnigoe”
- German: “Girnigoe and Sinclair Castle”
- Italian: “Castello Sinclair Girnigoe”
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