Dunscaith Castle

The castle itself sits on an off-shore rock. The rock rises 40 ft above sea level and there is a gap of 20 ft between the rock and the mainland. The gap was once spanned by a walled bridge with arches 6 ft apart. This stone walled bridge then led onto a drawbridge, the pivot holes for which are still visible on the far side. Once on the other side of the drawbridge a door opened to a flight of stairs which was also sided by two walls. The flight of stairs led up to the castle. Parts of the castle curtain wall still survive on the cliff edge but most of the inner buildings have gone. The curtain wall was about 5 ft thick. In the courtyard is a well and the remains of a stairway which once…