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North Gaulton Castle

North Gaulton Castle in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

Castle of North Gaulton - geograph.org.uk - 7816787

Trevor Littlewood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit
1.5 h–3 h

About

North Gaulton 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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From the Wikipedia article

North Gaulton Castle is a sea stack off the western coast off the Orkney main island. It is formed from the red sandstone of the area and is about 165 feet high. It was climbed in 2017 by four climbers using a Tyrolean traverse.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Coordinates
59.0007, -3.3660

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Frequently asked questions

Where is North Gaulton Castle?
North Gaulton Castle is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.0007°, -3.3660°.