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...
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Chapel nearby. Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, near Wick, Caithness was once thought of as two castles: Castle Sinclair and Castle Girnigoe, however later theories...
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at Castle Sinclair Girnigoe in 1576. George, 4th Earl of Caithness also obtained a remission to imprison his younger brother David Sinclair in Castle Sinclair...
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The Clan Sinclair Trust is a Scottish trust which was formed with the main objective of rescuing and preserving Castle Sinclair Girnigoe and of developing...
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party to a charter for the lands of Caithness that was executed at Castle Sinclair Girnigoe and dated 14 March 1496. He is also on a charter for land in "Hjaltland"...
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conservation of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, near Wick in Caithness. He serves as chief executive and has been responsible for getting the castle listed by the...
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World Barony of Roslin Lord Sinclair Earl of Caithness Lord Herdmanston Scott, David G. (26 April 2023) “Castle Sinclair-Girnigoe features in new fantasy...
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peace with the Murrays. The Master of Caithness died at Castle Sinclair Girnigoe in 1576, and this was apparently by famine and vermine. A man named Murdoch...
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Clan Sutherland (section Castles)
Earls of Sutherland. In 1588, Castle Sinclair Girnigoe withstood a siege by the Earl of Sutherland and in 1590 George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness, invaded...
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Earl of Caithness (redirect from Alexander Sinclair, Lord Berriedale)
William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. He surrendered the Orkney title and all associated lands to James III in 1470, in return for the Castle of Ravenscraig...
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walls of Castle Sinclair Girnigoe. The castle was too strong to take without artillery and so they sacked the town of Wick. The family of Sinclair never...
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Sinclair or St. Clair indicates Anglo-Norman origins, linking it to the Clan Sinclair and Castle Sinclair Girnigoe. His father Alexander von Sinclair...
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Heritage Society Dunnet and Canisbay Community Council Castle of Mey website Castle Sinclair Girnigoe Caithness forum Caithness alternative community forum...
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features in The Scottish Chiefs. Clan Sinclair Earl of Caithness Knights Templar Rosslyn Chapel Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle Sources on the construction date...
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This is a list of castles in the Highland council area of Scotland. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Highland...
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remission to imprison him in Castle Sinclair Girnigoe. David is also believed to have been the paternal ancestor of the noble Sinclair of Dun and Forss families...
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were disputed by George Sinclair of Keiss, first cousin to the 6th Earl of Caithness. Sinclair lay siege to Girnigoe Castle, damaging it so badly that...
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Battle of Altimarlach (category Clan Sinclair)
However, George Sinclair of Keiss continued his opposition and laid siege, with firearms and artillery, to Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, which he took after...
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George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness's father, John Sinclair, Master of Caithness, had been killed in captivity inside Castle Sinclair Girnigoe by his...
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Rosslyn Chapel (category Clan Sinclair)
portal Castle of Mey Clan Sinclair Earl of Caithness List of Category A listed buildings in Midlothian Sinclair (surname) Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle Roslin...
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Wick it passes the lighthouse at Noss Head, goes past Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, and rounds Sinclairs Bay. It then goes through the village of Keiss and then...
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of the clan. On 28 April 1549, the bishop brought together at Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, all on equal terms, the Earls of Sutherland, Caithness and Donald...
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Ackergill Tower (redirect from Ackergill Castle)
1538. In 1547, the Sinclairs of Girnigoe attacked and seized the castle. Mary of Guise, then Regent of Scotland, granted the Sinclairs remission for this...
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was ill in Kirkcaldy. Sinclair was taken north to Girnigoe Castle in May 1573 where he was unable to speak or move. Olave Sinclair made his will in 1571...
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Wick, Caithness (section Castle of Old Wick)
against the 5th Sinclair Earl of Caithness, who had killed his kinsman. While Sinclair and his men concealed themselves in Girnigoe Castle nearby, Sutherland...
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Earl of Cathness was sitting hospitably entertaining friends in Castle Sinclair Girnigoe when by contrast Sir Robert Gordon describes him as having been...
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Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, illustration from Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness from the Tenth Century (1861) by James Traill Calder...
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nephews were at Girnigoe Castle. Hugh Kennedy asked Cassillis to persuade Mary of Guise to order the Earl of Caithness to surrender Girnigoe. William Robson...
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stands close by the sea shore, about one mile west of the Sinclair stronghold of Girnigoe castle. The earliest part of Ackergill dates back to the 15th century...
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and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings...
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