. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. nt granted a remis-sion to George, Earl of Caithness, and others, for their treasonable takingof Alexander Keith, captain of the castle, and of John Skarlet, his ser- CASTLE VARRICII 253 — THIRD PERIOD vitor, and detaining them against their will in Girnigoe, Brawl, and otherplaces. Again, in 1556, the same Earl of Caithness had a remission forbesieging the house and fortalice of Ackergill, belonging to William, EarlMarischal. In 1549 Queen Mai-y bestowed Ackergill on Lord Oliphant, son andheix
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. nt granted a remis-sion to George, Earl of Caithness, and others, for their treasonable takingof Alexander Keith, captain of the castle, and of John Skarlet, his ser- CASTLE VARRICII 253 — THIRD PERIOD vitor, and detaining them against their will in Girnigoe, Brawl, and otherplaces. Again, in 1556, the same Earl of Caithness had a remission forbesieging the house and fortalice of Ackergill, belonging to William, EarlMarischal. In 1549 Queen Mai-y bestowed Ackergill on Lord Oliphant, son andheix-apparent of Laurence, third Lord Oliphant. A writer in 1726 says Ackergill Tower was then a strong house, and yetin repair, and betwixt that and the sea is a good new house lately built. DIRLOT CASTLE, Caitiiness-shire. A fragmentary ruin, occupying a very picturesque position on the topof an isolated crag close to the Eiver Thurso, about fifteen miles southfrom the town of the same name. It is said to have been held in thefourteenth century by Donald Cheyne, one of the scions of that family,. X ~ ll ?•I V ^lYEH Fio. 180.—Dirlot Castle. Plan. long so powerful in the North. In 1464 it was in the hands of GeorgeGunn, Crumer or Crown representative, and head of the Clan Gunn. Thekeep occupied an almost inaccessible peak. It has been of the usualquadrilateral form (Fig. 186), and has had a small courtyard attached toit; but it is now reduced to a few remains of the walls, from which theRev. Mr. Miller has prepui-ed the accompanying Plan. CASTLE VARRICH,* Sutherlandsuire. This is almost the only ancient castle on the north and west coasts ofSutherlandshire. It is a shattered tower of small size, standing con- * We have to thank the Rev. Mr. Miller and Mr. J. W. Burns for the Plan,Sketch, and particulars of this remote and inaccessible building. THIRD PERIOD 254 — CASTLE VARRICH spicuously on the summit of a promontory near the head of the Kyleof Tongue. The history of this
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