Freswick Bay is on the east coast of Caithness, 4 miles south of Duncansby Head. Freswick House was built by William Sinclair in 1760. Near to Freswick House is Lambaborg Castle which was built by the Viking Swein Asleifson in around 1140. The castle is on an outcrop of rock and the only access to it is across a 4ft wide piece of land with a 100ft drop on either side. The Mowat family were granted Lambaborg and the lands of Freswick by Robert the Bruce.
They renamed the castle Buncholie and it remained in their family until 1661 when it began to fall into disrepair.
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Choose the two correct statements :-
- Norsemen were the first to build a castle on the rocky coastal outcrop.
- Norsemen built Freswick House in 1760.
- Norse influence had already waned when Robert the Bruce granted land to the Mowats.
- Robert the Bruce was living in Freswick House when he saw the spider.