Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Keiss

Keiss, fishing vil., Wick par., and quoad sacra par., partly also in Canisbay par., Caithness - par., pop. 1348; vil., on Sinclair's Bay, 8 miles N. of Wick, pop. 313; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity are Keiss House, seat, and the ruins of Keiss Castle; prehistoric remains were found on Keiss Links in 1864.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "fishing village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wick ScoP       Caithness ScoCnty
Place: Keiss

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