Brims Castle

The original castle was originally owned by the Sinclairs,^[1] passing to different branches of the family. It was occupied until after 1970.^[2] By the late twentieth century it was occupied as part of the adjacent farm, but it has become increasingly ruinous, and it is in a dangerous state.^[3]

Brims Ness is a promontory. The castle on it had three storeys and a garret. There was a square stair-wing with a watch-tower on top, but this was replaced by a pitched roof. The entrance at the junction of the main block and the stair jamb has a semi-circular open turret over it. There was a courtyard to the north, now filled with later buildings, which had a sea-gate.^[1]

A movable timber stair allowed entrance at the first storey. The hall, on the first storey, was connected by a private stair to the vaulted basement. Apparently there was a bedroom on each of the upper floors, and it is thought that there would have been lean-to bedroom accommodation, along with the kitchen, in the courtyard.^[1]

The grounds contain a burial ground and a ruined chapel, dedicated to St John.^[2]