Keiss Castle
| Keiss Castle | ||
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 Ruin of the old Keiss Castle |
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| Creation time : | Late 16th or early 17th century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Keiss | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 32 '17.1 " N , 3 ° 6' 22.6" W | |
| Height: | 7 m ASL | |
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Keiss Castle is the ruin of a spur castle and a country house about 1.5 km north of the center of the village of Keiss in the Scottish county of Caithness , now an administrative division of Highland . The castle ruins stand on a bare cliff above the bay. In 1755 the new Keiss Castle replaced the old one.
history
The old castle, now a Scheduled Monument , was built by George, 5th Earl of Caithness , (1582–1643) on the site of an older fort, possibly in the late 16th or early 17th centuries. It seems that the castle already existed when King James I commissioned Sir Robert Gordon to move to Caithness with armed forces. The 7th Earl died at the castle in 1698, but it is reported that the castle was in ruins as early as 1700 and was repaired in 1726 "with a pleasant house recently built by its side".
The property was bought by Sir William Sinclair, 2nd Baronet of Dunbeath in the early 18th century , and in 1752 Keiss Castle became his family seat. The current house was built around 1755 and had to be sold in 1765 due to financial difficulties for the Sinclairs of Ulbster . It is a country house that the architect David Bryce converted and expanded in the Scottish Baronial Style on behalf of Colonel K. Macleay . In 1866 it was sold to the Duke of Portland . Historic Scotland has listed the cottage as a Category B Historic Building. This includes the enclosed garden northeast of the house, the gate lodge and the gate pillars with their cast iron gates, which were installed in 1860.
Individual evidence
- ^ Baptist Reporter and Missionary Intelligencer . Pp. 265, 1846. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Publications . P. 780, 1855. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- ↑ Joanna Close-Brooks: The Highlands . Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 102. 1995. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
