What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Castletown, but the name preserves a rope-walk where stripped timber, twist and tension made line strong enough for ship and harbour work. The Highland sea gave that strength a purpose, and the build gave the purpose reach.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown as Ropewalk (18th Century), Ropewalk (19th Century). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Castletown, Main Street, Olrig Church and ManseChurch (early 20th Century) (1907), Hall (20th Century), Manse (20th Century) · 233 yd
Castletown, Main Street, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 283 yd
Olrig Parish War MemorialMemorial · 291 yd
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 542 yd
CastlehillBroch (iron Age)(possible), Inhumation (viking) · 614 yd
GarthEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1303 yd
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1337 yd
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.3 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 5.2 mi
Jonge Thomas: Easter Head, Dunnet Head, Pentland FirthCraft (18th Century) · 5.3 mi
Easter HeadHeadland · 5.4 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0