Forse Castle
| Forse Castle | ||
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 The remains of Forse Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Spurburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Forss | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 17 '9.6 " N , 3 ° 19' 30" W | |
| Height: | 50 m ASL | |
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Forse Castle is a ruined castle in the settlement of Forss in the Scottish county of Caithness (now part of the Highland administrative division ). The castle was built around 1200.
The castle ruins stand on a peninsula about 50 meters above sea level. It is surrounded on all sides by steep rocks and separated from the mainland by a natural ditch at the narrowest point of the peninsula.
Forse Castle was the fortress of the Sutherland of Forse family , a branch of the Sutherland clan . She lived in the castle until about 1600.
Today Forse Castle is a Scheduled Monument .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Robert Wilson Richmond: Forse Castle . Caithness.org. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
Commons : Forse Castle - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
