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the rock from cliff to cliff some 20' in width and,
though largely filled with debris, still some 14' at
its greatest depth beneath the base of the surmounting
wall. Near the centre of its length the rock has
been a second time cut through by an irregular
trench some 12' to 15' in depth and the same in
width. From the landward end of the promon:
:tory rise the ruins of Castle Sinclair while the
keep of Girnigoe rears itself aloft from the farther
edge of the second trench.
Castle Sinclair which is said to have been built
in the year 1606

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and destroyed by order of
the Privy Council shortly afterwards is now
a complete ruin the most prominent part
being a tall chimney on one side of
which the remains of a stair is visible, rising
above the entrance. The gatehouse, through
which an arched passage still some 25' in
length gave access to the interior, is probably
a part of the older building belonging to
Girnigoe. Its walls are some 7'.6" in thickness
and near the centre of its length are the grooves
for a portcullis the slot through which
it passed through the roof being however built
up by the secondary structure. On the
left beyond the portcullis a round arched
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