Sinclair Mausoleum

This is part of a short series of posts I wrote about a July 2017 road trip from Inverness northwards along the east coast of the Highlands, culminating in a visit to the abandoned island of Stroma. See all my posts on the overview page.

On the eastern coast of Caithness, not far short of the county town of Wick, lies the village of Ulbster. There, not far from the coast and in the midst of green farmland, lies a curious little construction – the Sinclair Mausoleum.

Built, it seems, in 1700...