Ring of Castle Hill
Ring of Castle Hill is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Ring of Castle Hill is situated nearby to the archaeological site Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site, as well as near the building Home Farm, Barrock House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bridge of Lyth and Barrock Mill.
Bridge of Lyth
Bridge
Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridge of Lyth is situated 1 mile northeast of Ring of Castle Hill.
Barrock Mill
Watermill
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrock Mill is a watermill, which is situated 1 mile northeast of Ring of Castle Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reaster and Bower.
Reaster
Hamlet
Reaster is a settlement in the civil parish of Bower, Caithness in the Scottish Highlands. It is near to the site of a former GCHQ monitoring station, which was decommissioned in 1978. Reaster is situated 2½ miles northwest of Ring of Castle Hill.
Bower
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bower is a village and civil parish in Highland, Scotland It is 10 miles from Thurso and around 11 miles from Wick. Bower is served by Wick, Thurso and Castletown for shopping, taxis and post offices. Bower is situated 3 miles west of Ring of Castle Hill.
Keiss
Village
Photo: Fergus Mather, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keiss is a fishing village at the northern end of Sinclair's Bay on the east coast of Caithness in Scotland's Highland Council area. Keiss is situated 4 miles east of Ring of Castle Hill.
Ring of Castle Hill
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.53858° or 58° 32′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.23347° or 3° 14′ 1″ westOpen location code
9CCRGQQ8+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1483959849OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gunn’s Hillock, Broch site and Home Farm, Barrock House.
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