What is recorded here
Iron Gate in Castletown stands as an unassigned gate in the Highland landscape, marked only by a point on the official map rather than a dated history. It belongs to the quiet company of places where human hands shaped stone but time erased the name of the maker. The absence of date does not diminish the gate; it invites imagination to fill the gap with life, labour and memory.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown, Iron Gate as Gate (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Castletown, MillGrain Mill (19th Century), Military Building (second World War) · 185 yd
Castletown, Main Street, Free Church and HallChurch (mid 20th Century), Meeting Hall (early 20th Century) - (mid 20th Century), School (mid 19th Century) - (late 19th Century) · 541 yd
Olrig Parish War MemorialMemorial · 645 yd
Dunnet SandsLong Cist(s) (early Medieval) · 689 yd
GarthEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 742 yd
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 783 yd
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1704 yd
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.7 mi
Jonge Thomas: Easter Head, Dunnet Head, Pentland FirthCraft (18th Century) · 5.4 mi
Easter HeadHeadland · 5.5 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 5.6 mi