Girnigoe Castle Cave

Sea Cave. Possibly a shallow undercut on the promontory east of Girnigoe Castle (Castle Sinclair), on the west side of Castle Haven.

Links and Resources:

www.caithness.org/caithness/castles/photogallery/index.php?gallery=14&image=87. Aerial photo, Grant Golding, 2015.
Oldham, Tony, 2007, Caves of Scotland: A Bibliography.
Bramman, John; Butler, Ken; Miller, David; Myatt, Leslie; Saxon, Jack and Watson George 1982 Visits to Ancient Caithness. Caithness Field Club, Thurso. 16.
Girnigoe Cave, descriptions to be found on:
www.castle-sg.org/castle.html. [Link not found, reference to genealogical archive, no longer active]
www.britishexpat.com/index.phphttp://sinclair.quarterman.org/archive/1999/doc00008.docall accessed 17.5.06. [Link not found, reference to genealogical archive, no longer active]
Sinclair, The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Ian Sinclair, Chief of the Clan Sinclair, Niven Sinclair and Ian Sinclair 1999 Castles Sinclair and Girnigoe and the Origin of the Clan Sinclair. Caithness Field Club Bulletin 1999. Refers only to Norse origin of the word Geo.

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