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Thurso Castle

Where is Thurso Castle?

Thurso Castle is in the parish of Thurso and the county of Caithness.

Grid reference:ND 1244 6890

Lat / long:58.5992060937634,-3.50832432117238

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OS Map for Thurso Castle

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Thurso & John O’Groats (Dunnet Head)
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Weather at Thurso Castle

5°C
max 6°C / min 5°C
59km/h WNW
1005mb
74%
7%
08:21 16:33

Clear sky
Weather observed at Thurso at 06:31

References (books)

The Castles of Scotland
Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015

References (websites)

Canmore
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Castles near Thurso Castle

Castle of Ormlie

1.5km away

Scrabster Castle

1.8km away

Castle of Haimer (site of)

2.5km away

Brims Castle

8.4km away

Braal Castle

8.9km away

Brough Castle

11.6km away

Dounreay Castle

14.2km away

Borlum

15.9km away

Castle of Mey

17.3km away
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Ancient sites near Thurso Castle

Bell Mount (possible) broch

3.4km away

Murkle broch

3.8km away

Scrabster Mains broch

3.8km away

Whitefield (site of) broch

4.2km away

Thing's Va cairn

4.3km away

Thing's Va broch

4.4km away

Tulloch of Shalmstry broch

4.5km away

Geise broch

4.6km away

Cairn of Sibmister broch

4.9km away
more ancient sites....

Pictish stones near Thurso Castle

Ulbster Class II cross slab

0.2km away

Craig of Hattel Class I symbol stone

6.3km away

Skinnet Class II cross slab

6.9km away

Reay Class III cross slab

10.0km away

Sandside Class I symbol stone

17.7km away

Birkle Hill Class I symbol stone

23.8km away

Ackergill 1 Class I symbol stone

26.3km away

Ackergill 2 Class I symbol stone

26.3km away

Watenan Class I symbol stone

33.7km away
more Pictish stones....
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Pictish sites near Thurso Castle

Burghead fort

99.6km away

Gaulcross hoard

112.4km away

Torvean silver chain

133.5km away

Parkhill silver chain

172.0km away

Nigg silver chain

184.5km away

St. Ninian's Isle hoard

197.6km away

Dunnicaer fort

198.3km away

Norrie's Law hoard

262.7km away

Traprain Law silver chain

297.0km away
more Pictish sites....
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Accommodation near Thurso Castle

Holborn Hotel
hotel, barThurso
0.9km away
Sandra's Backpackers Hostel
hostelThurso
1.0km away
Royal Hotel Thurso
hotel, restaurant, barThurso
1.0km away
The Weigh Inn Hotel
hotelThurso
1.8km away
Ferry Inn
hotelScrabster
2.8km away
St Clair Arms Hotel
hotelThurso
6.7km away
The Castletown Hotel
hotelCastletown
6.7km away
Greenland House
hotelThurso
7.1km away
Dunnet Head Cottage
self-catering cottage, bed and breakfastBrough
11.0km away
The Brown Trout Hotel
hotelWick
18.5km away

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Cafés, restaurants & bars near Thurso Castle

Holborn Hotel
hotel, barThurso
0.9km away
Red Pepper Restaurant
restaurantThurso
0.9km away
Royal Hotel Thurso
hotel, restaurant, barThurso
1.0km away
The Storehouse
caféJohn O'Groats
25.9km away
Ackergill Tower
hotel, restaurant, barWick
26.8km away
Royal Golf Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
85.4km away
The Eagle
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
85.5km away
Dornoch Castle Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barDornoch
85.5km away
Railway Hotel
hotel, barTain
93.1km away
Royal Hotel Tain
hotel, bar, restaurantTain
93.1km away
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Published on the 21st of October 2011 at 12:19 am. Updated on the 22nd of June 2021 at 3:46 pm.

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