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Ackergill Tower, a mansion in Wick parish, Caithness, on the coast, 2½ miles N by W of Wiek. It stands on a rock close to the sea, a few feet above high water mark, and is partly an ancient, strong, three-storied tower, 65 feet high and 45 square, partly a recent castellated mansion. Once the seat of the Earls Marischal, and defended on all sides but that toward the sea by a moat 12 feet wide and 12 deep, it now belongs to Garden Duff-Dunbar, Esq. (b. 1838: suc. 1875), owner of 22,880 acres in the shire, valued at £11,046 per annum.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Wick ScoP Caithness ScoCnty |
| Place: | Ackergill |
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