What is recorded here

Shandwick is a ruined medieval castle and chapel in Highland, Scotland, where bones still surface beneath the grass. Men stripped its stones for a wartime airfield, scattering dead men into the soil like forgotten coins. The chapel may date to the fifteenth century, though no wall remains tall enough to prove it. What is left is a flat place marked by one headstone and the memory of what was taken.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shandwick as Castle (medieval). 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.

Shandwick Castle, located in Caithness, Scotland, was built in the late 13th or early 14th century by the powerful Sinclair family, who held significant influence in the region. The castle is important as a historical example of medieval military architecture and as a symbol of the Sinclairs' control over Caithness during the Middle Ages.

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