v2.05 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference tags without correct match - Unbalanced quotes in ref name or illegal character or empty name.)← Previous revisionRevision as of 18:10, 17 October 2026 Line 3: Line 3: {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} [[File:OldCastleWick.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Remains of the Castle of Old Wick in 2005.]] [[File:OldCastleWick.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Remains of the Castle of Old Wick in 2005.]] The '''Castle of Old Wick''' is a ruined castle near the town of [[Wick, Caithness|Wick]], [[Caithness]], Scotland.{{cite web |title=Castle of Old Wick - Canmore |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/8956/castle-of-old-wick |website=[[Canmore (database)]] |access-date=14 July 2021}} The '''Castle of Old Wick''' is a ruined castle near the town of [[Wick, Caithness|Wick]], [[Caithness]], Scotland.{{cite web |title=Castle of Old Wick - Canmore |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/8956/castle-of-old-wick |website=[[Canmore (database)]] |access-date=14 July 2021}} ==Structure== ==Structure== Line 15: Line 15: The history remains obscure. It was originally thought to have been constructed in the 12th century, by [[Harald Maddadson]], [[Earl of Caithness|Jarl of Caithness]] and [[Orkney]]. However, the surviving structure seems to date to the 14th century.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/castle-of-old-wick/history/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=www.historicenvironment.scot |language=en}} The history remains obscure. It was originally thought to have been constructed in the 12th century, by [[Harald Maddadson]], [[Earl of Caithness|Jarl of Caithness]] and [[Orkney]]. However, the surviving structure seems to date to the 14th century.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/castle-of-old-wick/history/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=www.historicenvironment.scot |language=en}} [[Reginald le Chen (died 1345)|Reginald le Chen of Inverugie and Duffus]], is known to have been in possession of the castle in the early 14th century. It passed by marriage of his daughter Mary to [[Nicholas Sutherland, 1st of Duffus|Nicholas Sutherland]] in 1345. [[Reginald le Chen (died 1345)|Reginald le Chen of Inverugie and Duffus]], is known to have been in possession of the castle in the early 14th century. It passed by marriage of his daughter Mary to [[Nicholas Sutherland, 1st of Duffus|Nicholas Sutherland]] in 1345. The castle later passed by the marriage of Christian, the daughter and heiress of Alexander Sutherland of Duffus, to William Oliphant in the 15th century. Andrew Oliphant of Berrideale sold the property to his uncle, [[Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant|Lord Oliphant]] in 1526. [[Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant|Laurence Oliphant, Lord Oliphant]] and his servants were besieged and attacked by the [[John Sinclair, Master of Caithness]] in July 1569.Joseph Anderson, [https://archive.org/details/oliphantsinscotl00ande/page/n81/mode/2up ''The Oliphants in Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1879), pp. lvi-lvii] The castle later passed by the marriage of Christian, the daughter and heiress of Alexander Sutherland of Duffus, to William Oliphant in the 15th century. Andrew Oliphant of Berrideale sold the property to his uncle, [[Laurence Oliphant, 3rd Lord Oliphant|Lord Oliphant]] in 1526. [[Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant|Laurence Oliphant, Lord Oliphant]] and his servants were besieged and attacked by the [[John Sinclair, Master of Caithness]] in July 1569.Joseph Anderson, [https://archive.org/details/oliphantsinscotl00ande/page/n81/mode/2up ''The Oliphants in Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1879), pp. lvi-lvii] It came to the [[Clan Sinclair|Sinclair family]] in 1644, before passing to [[John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland|John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy]], after the death of [[George Sinclair, 6th Earl of Caithness|George Sinclair, Earl of Caithness]], without issue. Lord Glenorchy, sold it to the [[Dunbar baronets#Dunbar of Hempriggs (21 December 1706)|Dunbars of Hempriggs]] in 1690. The Dunbars owned the castle until 1910. It came to the [[Clan Sinclair|Sinclair family]] in 1644, before passing to [[John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland|John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy]], after the death of [[George Sinclair, 6th Earl of Caithness|George Sinclair, Earl of Caithness]], without issue. Lord Glenorchy, sold it to the [[Dunbar baronets#Dunbar of Hempriggs (21 December 1706)|Dunbars of Hempriggs]] in 1690. The Dunbars owned the castle until 1910.