MHG1052 - Tower House, Brims Castle
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
- TOWER HOUSE (Built, 16th Century to 17th Century - 1575 AD to 1625 AD)
- GABLED HOUSE (18th Century - 1800 AD to 1800 AD)
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Full Description
Castle (NR) (rems of) OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
The remains of Brims Castle, a late 16th-century rubble-built tower house on L-plan consisting of a crow-step gabled main block, three storeys and an attic in height, lying E-W with a projecting stair wing in NE. An open wall-head turret commands entrance at first floor level in E of the stair wing. A courtyard to N has been filled with later subsidiary buildings on E, but on W there remains part of the high curtain wall, containing a round-arched and mouled gateway, surmounted by an empty heraldic panel space.
Still partly occupied as part of the adjoining farm, Brims Castle belonged to the Sinclair family.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887-92; RCAHMS 1911; N Tranter 1962-70.
Brims Castle is now partly unroofed.
Revised at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 28 October 1964.
The building was listed at Category B in 1971.
Brims Castle is now a roofless shell in a dangerous state.
Revised at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 13 August 1981.
The building was Scheduled in 1992.
Keith Tilley posted a photograph of this site on the Highland HER Facebook page in June 2011. <1>
The building was de-listed by Historic Scotland in August 2015 as part of a project looking at dual designations of castles in the Highlands. It remains a scheduled monument. <2>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG2442 Text/Publication/Volume: MacGibbon, D. and Ross, T.. 1887-92. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Hardback. Vol. 3, 628-9; plan, illust.
- --- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 114-15, No. 424.
- --- SHG2893 Text/Publication/Volume: Tranter, N. 1962-70. The fortified house in Scotland. Vol. 5, 86.
- <1> SHG25262 Interactive Resource/Webpage: Highland Council. 2011. Highland HER Facebook page. Yes. Keith Tilley, 07/06/2011.
- <2> SHG27377 Text/Designation Notification/List of Buildings: Jackson, L.. 2015. Combined Statutory and Descriptive List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Highland Council, One Hundred and Ninty Sixth Amendment) 2015. Historic Scotland. 20/05/2015. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 0433 7101 (70m by 98m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND07SW |
| Civil Parish | THURSO |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (3)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM5510 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/8018 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
- www.facebook.com/HighlandHER (Highland HER on Facebook)
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