Brims Castle

#5830 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted

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Brims Castle is a ruined 16th century L-plan tower house on Brims Ness, Highland region, Scotland, to the south of the Pentland Firth, about 5 miles north west of Thurso. ()

Coordinates: 58°36'57"N, 3°39'16"W

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Brims Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old St Peter's Church, Thurso Castle, Reay Parish Church, Scrabster Castle.

5.2 miE
Historical place, Ruins, Church
Old St Peter's Church, Thurso
133 min walk • Old St Peter's Church is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Dedicated to Saint Peter, it dates to at least 1125, and at one time was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness.
5.4 miE
Forts and castles
Thurso Castle, Thurso
138 min walk • Thurso Castle is a ruined 19th-century castle, located in Thurso, Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands. Situated in Thurso East, off Castletown Road, east of the River Thurso, the site can be seen from across the river.
5.9 miSW
Church
Reay Parish Church
150 min walk • Reay Parish Church is a Church of Scotland parish church serving Reay, Caithness. It is one of the most northerly communities on the Scottish mainland, located several miles to west of Thurso. The largest local employer is the Dounreay nuclear facility.
4.3 miE
Forts and castles
Scrabster Castle, Thurso
110 min walk • Scrabster Castle was a castle, near Burnside, about 0.5 miles north and west of Thurso, and 0.5 miles south of the village of Scrabster, Highland in Scotland, south of Thurso Bay. It is on an eroding promontory.
5.3 miE
Surfing
Thurso East, Thurso
136 min walk • Thurso East is a coastline section of the Atlantic 0.5 miles east of Thurso, Caithness, northern Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the River Thurso, overlooked by the remains of Thurso Castle. The reef is made of layers of Caithness flagstone. It is Scotland's prime surfing venue on the north coast.
5 miE
Church
St Peter's and St Andrew's Church, Thurso
127 min walk • St Peter's and St Andrew's Church is located on Princes Street in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. The church was built to a design of William Burn in 1830–2, a simplified version of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh, which is also attributed to Burn.
4.8 miSE
Universities and schools
North Highland College, Scrabster
124 min walk • North Highland College provides further education and higher education in the north of Scotland through a network of learning centres and by distance learning. It is a constituent college of the University of the Highlands and Islands.