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Forse Castle

Highland, GB

Forse Castle

Forse Castle is a ruined building dating from 1200 in the hamlet of Forse in the Caithness region in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. The castle stands on a peninsula about 50 metres above sea level. It is surrounded on all sides by steep rocks and is c

ut off from the mainland by a natural ditch at the neck of the peninsula. Forse Castle was the stronghold of the Sutherland of Forse family, a cadet branch of the Clan Sutherland. They lived in it until around 1600.

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