Old Photograph Thurso Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Thurso Castle, Caithness, Scotland. Thurso Castle, largely rebuilt, dates from 17th century. Thurso Castle was originally a 12th century earthwork fortress, founded by the Norse Earls. In the mid 17th century, George, Earl of Caithness founded a stone tower house on the site of the castle. In the 19th century, Sir Tollemache Sinclair absorbed the house in the construction of a Scottish baronial mansion. Scottish Castles.

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