Where is Cubbie Roo's Castle?

Cubbie Roo's Castle is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.1198°, -2.9767°.

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Cubbie Roo's Castle

Cubbie Roo's Castle in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Cubbie Roo's Castle is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Cobbie Row's (or Cubbie Roo's) Castle is the oldest medieval castle known to exist in Scotland. The castle ruins are located on the island of Wyre in Orkney. Built in the mid-12 century by Norse landowner, Kolbeinn hrúga, the stone fortification originally consisted of a small, central tower set in an oval enclosure, surrounded by two ditches, a stone wall and an earthen rampart. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1929.

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History

The late 12th century chronicle, the Orkneyinga Saga, tells of a Norwegian landowner named Kolbein hrúga, who built a 'fine stone castle" (steinkastala) on the island of Wyre around 1145 AD. The mid-13th century biography of King Haakon IV of Norway, Hagonar Saga, describes the castle as difficult to attack during a siege in 1231. The name, "Cobbie Row", is an alteration of Kolbein Hruga's Norse nickname, "Kobbie" or "Kubbie". "Row" (or "Roo") is adapted from his second name, "hrúga". The castle has been also referred to as "Cubbie Roo", "Cubbie Row", and "Cobbie Roo". Cobbie Row's Castle is believed to be the oldest medieval castle in Scotland. At the bottom of the hill where the castle…

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