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Ackergill is located in Caithness
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58°27′40″N 3°06′45″W / 58.46113°N 3.11237°W / 58.46113; -3.11237

Ackergill is a settlement in the Wick, Caithness,[1] in the Highland Council area of Scotland.

  1. ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Ackergill" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

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Mackay. The Gunn's traditional enemies were the Clan Keith, who from their Ackergill Castle, challenged the Gunn chiefs for both political needs and for land...

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St Tears (St Tayre) on the coast north of Wick in Caithness, between Ackergill Tower and Girnigoe Castle. It was arranged to settle a dispute with a...

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Clan Keith

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Gunns, including the chief of the clan, were killed. However, Keith of Ackergill was soon after killed by the Gunns in a revenge attack. William Keith...

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John Finlaison

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now in the care of Historic Scotland who have opened it to the public. Ackergill Tower, near Wick, Caithness, was seized by the Sinclairs in 1547 but later...

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between Annan and Dumfries, is reported to be haunted. Abergeldie Castle Ackergill Tower Airth Castle Ardrossan Castle is said to be haunted by the ghost...

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Clan Sutherland

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Taymouth Castle

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Wick Lifeboat Station

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RNLI. Hector Sutherland, Town Clerk at Wick, and Honorary Secretary of Ackergill lifeboat station, was also appointed Honorary Secretary for Wick lifeboat...

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Island of Stroma

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Drostan

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Sinclairs Bay

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called Keiss Beach, forming large Dunes of Reiss Beach further south. At Ackergill Tower, the beach again becomes stony and eventually forms into a series...

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List of shipwrecks in 1819

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the central tower of Kinnettles Castle was modelled on the much older Ackergill Tower located near Wick in Caithness. Further changes were made in 1914...

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List of shipwrecks in June 1864

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