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What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Embo House as Castle (medieval)(possible), House (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Embo House, located in Caithness, Scotland, is a medieval tower house that was likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the influential Sinclair family, who were prominent in the region. It is remembered as an example of early Scottish tower house architecture and for its historical association with the Earls of Caithness.
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Places near here
HiltonFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 809 yd
Embo, Grannie's Heilan' HameNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 915 yd
Embo, StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 918 yd
Fourpenny PlantationForest · 1.1 mi
Embo BeachBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Dornoch, Earl's CrossCross (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Dornoch, Golf Road, Royal Dornoch Championship Golf CourseGolf Course (19th Century) (1877) · 1.2 mi
Gallows HillVisitor information · 1.3 mi
Earl's Cross WoodWood · 1.3 mi
'the Castle', DornochCastle (medieval)(possible), Lairds House (17th Century)(possible) · 1.7 mi
Dornoch CastleCastle · 1.8 mi
Dornoch, Castle StreetNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.8 miOther information
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