Brims Castle
Brims Castle is a ruined 16th century L-plan tower house on Brims Ness, Highland region, Scotland, to the south of the Pentland Firth, about 5 miles north west of Thurso.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crosskirk Broch and East Mill, Forss.
Crosskirk Broch
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crosskirk Broch was a fortification near the present day hamlet of Crosskirk near Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. After thorough archaeological exploration it was destroyed in 1972 since the site had become unsafe due to sea erosion. Crosskirk Broch is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Brims Castle.
East Mill, Forss
Watermill
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Mill, Forss is a watermill, which is situated 1½ miles south of Brims Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forss and Scrabster.
Forss
Hamlet
Photo: C Page, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forss is a small hamlet, situated 3 miles west of Thurso, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Brims Castle is located in Forss and was the former stronghold of the Sinclairs of Dunbeath.
Scrabster
Village
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.
Scrabster is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+1⁄2 miles from Thurso, 22+1⁄2 miles from Wick, 112 miles from Inverness and 271.7 miles from Edinburgh. Scrabster is situated 3½ miles east of Brims Castle.
Burnside
Quarter
Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at grid reference ND106691. Burnside is situated 4 miles east of Brims Castle.
Brims Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: tower house in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: tower house and historic site
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.61655° or 58° 36′ 60″ northLongitude
-3.6486° or 3° 38′ 55″ westOpen location code
9CCRJ982+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 406360135OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q17830051
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In Other Languages
“Brims Castle” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Castillo Brims”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Chapel and Tulloch of Lybster, Broch.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brims Castle”. Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.