What is recorded here
Cubbie Roo's Castle is a 16th-century tower house built by the powerful Orkney earl Patrick Stewart. It is remembered as a symbol of Stewart family influence and the transition from Norse to Scottish rule in the Orkney Islands.
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- Historic Scotland
Places near here
Wyre, Cubbie Roo's CastleBuilding Platform (period Unknown), Handle (bone)(period Unassigned) · 80 yd
St Mary's Chapel on WyreChurch, cross or graveyard · 106 yd
Wyre, St Mary's ChapelBurial Ground (12th Century), Chapel (12th Century) · 136 yd
Wyre, HawnFarm (period Unassigned) · 299 yd
Rousay Heritage CentreMuseum · 1457 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1613 yd
Wyre from southern flank of Knitchen HillMountain or hill · 1.2 mi
Trumland House Wood, RousayForest or wood · 1.2 mi
Highland Cattle below Green HillMountain or hill · 1.6 mi
Knitchen HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Blotchnie FioldMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Gairsay, Langskaill HouseCastle (medieval) · 2.7 miOther information
Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0