Latheron Castle (1)
''Move along folk, there's nothing to see here!&quot;  

Well not much anyway!  This is another of those castles that I am only including because it says 'Castle (Remains of)' on the map (and only on the 1:25k maps, not the 1:50k maps).  For all that, Latheron was quite an important place in centuries gone-by - well, by Caithness standards anyway.  It was another of those estates which came into successive possession of the Cheynes, Keiths, Sutherlands and Oliphants.  Like Berriedale, in response to relentless pressure from the Sinclairs, it was sold to the Earl of Caithness in 1606.  The Sinclairs evidently wanted and kept the land but abandoned the tower.  

Latheron is a very small village on the junction where the A9 peels off left to go to Thurso and the A99 continues on ahead to Wick.  A small stream, the 'Burn of Latheron' runs through the village and such remains of the castle as there are, can be found on the right bank, amongst the shrubs beside the cottage visible here.
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