Auld Wick, Caithness

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Auld Wick like this:

Auld Wick Castle, an old baronial fortalice in Wick parish, Caithness, surmounting a dismal chasm in cliffs at the S side of the entrance of Wick Bay, 1¾ mile SE of Wick. It belonged, in the beginning of the 14th century, to Sir Reginald de Cheyne, passed to the Oliphants, the Earls of Caithness, the Dunbars, and Lord Duffus; is now dismantled and ruinous; forms an excellent landmark to mariners, and is commonly called by them ` the Aul' Man o' Wick. '

Auld Wick through time

Auld Wick is now part of HIGHLAND Council. Click here for graphs and data of how HIGHLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Auld Wick itself, go to Statistics.

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