The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Sand castle: Five Scottish beachside keeps
Dunbeath Castle, Caithness Perched precariously on a high cliff that has been chewed by the pounding sea below, Dunbeath Castle presents a grand and lonely silhouette against the Sutherland landscape. In the 1400s there is reference to a fortification existing within the Estate, which then belonged to the Earl of Caithness. Since then the castle