What is recorded here
Snusgar may have been a castle, or may have been nothing at all. The name survives in a database field, not in stone. That is rarer and more interesting than most ruins.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skaill, Castle of Snusgar as Castle (medieval)(possible). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
St Peter's Sandwick Parish War MemorialMemorial · 322 yd
Sandwick, St Peter's Kirk, ChurchyardChurchyard (period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) · 331 yd
Sandwick, St Peter's KirkBurial Ground (period Unassigned), Church (19th Century) · 344 yd
Bay of SkaillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 764 yd
Voydale, Skara Brae Visitor CentreVisitor Centre (20th Century) · 931 yd
Skara Brae Visitor CentreVisitor information · 933 yd
Jupiter: Bay of Skaill, Orkney, AtlanticSloop (18th Century) · 944 yd
Inside a house at Skara BraeOld home or work place · 991 yd
Beach by Skara Brae showing an Alternative ArchaeologyBeach · 998 yd
Skara BraeMidden (neolithic), Settlement (neolithic) · 1071 yd
Kier FioldMountain / peak · 1699 yd
Castle of YesnabyCastle, fort or tower · 2.8 miOther information
Photo: Wayne Easton · CC BY-SA 2.0