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Old Photograph Keiss Castle Scotland
Old photograph of Keiss Castle located near Wick, Scotland. This partially ruined Scottish castle on sheer cliffs, overlooking the bay is located on the site of an earlier fort of the late 16th early 17th century by George 5th Earl of Caithness, born 1582, died 1643. It appears the castle was in existence in 1623 when James I commissioned Sir Robert Gordon to enter Caithness with an armed force. The 7th Earl died in the castle in 1698 but it is reported that the castle was ruinous in 1700 and was repaired in 1726. The estate was purchased by Sir William Sinclair 2nd Baronet of Dunbeath early in the 18th century and in 1752 Keiss became his family seat. The current house was built about 1755 but had to be sold in 1765 because of financial difficulties to the Sinclairs of Ulbster.
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