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lass
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posted 01-15-2001 11:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lass   Click Here to Email lass     Edit/Delete Message
I am looking for information on castles related to the Clan Gunn. Thank you.

AJR
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posted 01-16-2001 02:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AJR     Edit/Delete Message
The following castles are in the Highland area of Scotland.

"Clyth Castle" or "Gunn’s Castle" - OS map reference ND 307386.
In a rather inaccessible site on a rock by the shore are the foundations of a tower built about 1500 by the Gunns.

"Dirlot Castle" - OS map reference ND 126486.
The base of a small tower built by the Cheynes in the 14th century, or the Gunns in the 15th, lies on a rock above the river Thurso in a lonely position far inland.

"Halberry Castle" - OS map reference ND 302377.
At the neck of a coastal promontory is the base of the 15th century tower house of the chief of the Gunns.

AJR
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posted 01-16-2001 05:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AJR     Edit/Delete Message
No doubt you’ve seen the following
http://www.nsynch.com/~clangunn/itinerary.htm
http://www.scotland-info.co.uk/gunn.htm

http://hometown.aol.com/Heather130/gunn.html

http://www.geocities.com/~sconemac/gunn.html

AJR
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posted 01-17-2001 01:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for AJR     Edit/Delete Message
Clyth Castle
A rock which is almost an island at high tide has sheer cliffs on all sides except to the west, where there is a steep slope up from the beach. At the summit was a wall near the remains of which are footings of a tower house, measuring 11.3m by 7m, with walls about 1m thick.

Dirlot Castle
On the summit of a crag by the western bank of the River Thurso in a remote and barren area south of Halkirk, are foundations of a tower built by Donald Cheyne. It measures 9.5m by 6.5m with walls 1.6m thick. It had a courtyard on the south-east, measuring 13m by 7m, which had only a parapet to defend it. In 1464, Dirlot was held by George, chief of the Gunn clan, but it was held by Alexander Sutherland at the time of his execution in 1499, for killing Alexander Dunbar. The castle was subsequently granted to the MacKays by King James IV.

Halberry Castle
This site has a long narrow sea inlet isolating it from higher ground on the mainland. Across the neck is a ditch, 10m wide and 2m deep, which presumably one had an inner wall or bank and stockade. Close behind the ditch are grass-covered foundations of a tower house, measuring 13.5m by 8.3m. It was probably in existence by the mid 15th century, when George, chief of the Gunn clan had a residence here.

Based on details from “The Castles of Western & Northern Scotland” by Mike Salter.

wurdsmiff
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posted 01-17-2001 04:03 AM           Edit/Delete Message
The Gunns also held Latherton Castle ND199334, 3.5 miles NE of Dunbeath. Not much remains. The village of Latherton houses the Clan Gunn Museum/Heritage Centre, and Latherton House nearby is an 18th century mansion extended in the 19thc. The museum is open only in Summer and not on Sundays.

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