📌 Thurso, Highland

There are two separate parts to visiting Thurso Castle: the austere, large main residence, and the beautiful, smaller gatehouse. Starting with the former: this Baronial-style mansion was built in the 1870s on the site of an earlier castle, but it was gutted by fire less than a century later. The ruins overlook Thurso Bay, with a long wall leading to a corner tower on the west side and farm buildings now adjoining the east side. The ornate gatehouse, accessible from a different point (see below), still stands intact, though plants rapidly growing up one side can’t be good for the brickwork.

🌍 Location

📌 By the coast 0.5 mi east of Thurso town centre

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: ND 125689

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.599367,-3.508064

🚌 Mount Pleasant Road (0.5 mi) | 🚆 Thurso (1 mi)

🚗 Street parking near end of Sir Archibald Road

💬 Gatehouse is by the A836 opposite Harald Drive, 🧭 ND 125686 / 🛰️ 58.596156,-3.507776

📝 Key info

⌚ Exterior always viewable

🎫 Free

💬 From the end of Sir Archibald Road, it’s a 5-min walk to the castle along a grassy coast path.

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