What is recorded here

Freswick Castle stands on a wide sandy bay at the edge of Caithness, where Norse-era grass-tempered pottery still lies buried beneath later stone. The present building probably dates to the 17th century, with an 18th century extension, while a mausoleum made by Sir William Sinclair of Freswick House about 1670 rises on a mound to the west. In 1979, drain digging for Captain G Newell exposed older walls and occupation layers, revealing that the castle has been lived in, rebuilt and remembered continuously from the Late Norse period to the present day.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Freswick Castle as Unidentified Pottery (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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