What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Burgh Castle as Schooner (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Burgh Castle is a 14th-century structure associated with the de Burgh family, built during the medieval period in northern Scotland. It is remembered for its strategic role in the region's feudal history and its connection to the powerful Burgh or de Burgh lineage.
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Places near here
Castletown, Main Street, Olrig Church and ManseChurch (early 20th Century) (1907), Hall (20th Century), Manse (20th Century) · 164 yd
CastletownRopewalk (18th Century), Ropewalk (19th Century) · 393 yd
Olrig Parish War MemorialMemorial · 448 yd
CastlehillBroch (iron Age)(possible), Inhumation (viking) · 917 yd
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 922 yd
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1003 yd
East MurkleHuman Remains (period Unassigned), Spearhead(s) (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1400 yd
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.5 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.1 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 5.0 mi
Jonge Thomas: Easter Head, Dunnet Head, Pentland FirthCraft (18th Century) · 5.4 mi
Easter HeadHeadland · 5.5 mi