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Braal Castle

Alternative names for Braal Castle

Brawl Castle; Castle of Brathwell; The Keep

Where is Braal Castle?

Braal Castle is in the parish of Halkirk and the county of Caithness.

Grid reference:ND 1379 6011

Lat / long:58.52061,-3.481615

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OS Map for Braal Castle

OS map 451
Thurso & John O’Groats (Dunnet Head)
OS Explorer map 451


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Directions to Braal Castle

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Weather at Braal Castle

8°C
max 8°C / min 8°C
22km/h SE
1016mb
69%
75%
05:42 18:53

Broken clouds
Weather observed at Thurso at 15:03

References (books)

The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland Volume 3
David MacGibbon
Edinburgh, 1889
The Castles of Scotland
Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015

References (websites)

Canmore
Wikipedia
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Castles near Braal Castle

Castle of Haimer (site of)

7.0km away

Castle of Ormlie

8.3km away

Thurso Castle

8.9km away

Scrabster Castle

9.5km away

Dirlot Castle

11.5km away

Brims Castle

14.4km away

Caisteal Morar na Shein (site of)

15.1km away

Brough Castle

16.6km away

Dounreay Castle

16.9km away
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Ancient sites near Braal Castle

Hoy broch

0.6km away

Halkirk (site of) broch

0.7km away

Sibster (site of) broch

1.2km away

Skinnet (possible) broch

1.7km away

Housle Cairn broch

2.0km away

Knockdee (possible) broch

2.2km away

Carsgoe (possible) (site of) broch

2.9km away

Upper Sour broch

3.0km away

Stemster (possible) broch

3.7km away
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Pictish stones near Braal Castle

Skinnet Class II cross slab

2.1km away

Ulbster Class II cross slab

8.8km away

Craig of Hattel Class I symbol stone

10.2km away

Reay Class III cross slab

15.1km away

Sandside Class I symbol stone

19.3km away

Birkle Hill Class I symbol stone

20.1km away

Ackergill 1 Class I symbol stone

21.6km away

Ackergill 2 Class I symbol stone

21.6km away

Watenan Class I symbol stone

25.9km away
more Pictish stones....

Pictish sites near Braal Castle

Burghead fort

90.9km away

Gaulcross hoard

103.7km away

Torvean silver chain

125.9km away

Parkhill silver chain

163.7km away

Nigg silver chain

176.1km away

Dunnicaer fort

189.7km away

St. Ninian's Isle hoard

203.7km away

Norrie's Law hoard

253.8km away

Traprain Law silver chain

288.1km away
more Pictish sites....
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Accommodation near Braal Castle

Royal Hotel Thurso
hotel, restaurant, barThurso
8.5km away
Holborn Hotel
hotel, barThurso
8.5km away
Sandra's Backpackers Hostel
hostelThurso
8.5km away
The Weigh Inn Hotel
hotelThurso
9.3km away
The Castletown Hotel
hotelCastletown
9.5km away
Greenland House
hotelThurso
9.6km away
St Clair Arms Hotel
hotelThurso
9.6km away
Ferry Inn
hotelScrabster
10.9km away
The Brown Trout Hotel
hotelWick
11.8km away
Dunnet Head Cottage
self-catering cottage, bed and breakfastBrough
16.0km away

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Cafés, restaurants & bars near Braal Castle

Royal Hotel Thurso
hotel, restaurant, barThurso
8.5km away
Holborn Hotel
hotel, barThurso
8.5km away
Red Pepper Restaurant
restaurantThurso
8.5km away
Ackergill Tower
hotel, restaurant, barWick
22.1km away
The Storehouse
caféJohn O'Groats
27.5km away
Royal Golf Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
77.9km away
The Eagle
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
78.0km away
Dornoch Castle Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
78.1km away
Railway Hotel
hotel, barTain
85.5km away
Royal Hotel Tain
hotel, bar, restaurantTain
85.6km away
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Published on the 21st of October 2011 at 12:19 am. Updated on the 4th of June 2016 at 6:14 pm.

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