In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Castletown like this:
Castletown, a village in Olrig parish, Caithness, at the southern corner of Dunnet Bay, 5 miles E by S of Thurso, with which and with Wick it communicates daily by coach. A neat little place, it owes its origin to the great Castlehill flag quarry (rental £1713) between it and the shore; at it are a post office under Thurso, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, a branch of the Commercial Bank, an hotel, a library and reading room, a harbour, Olrig parish church (1841), a Free church, a United Original Secession church, and a public school. ...
Pop. (1841) 477, (1861) 758, (1871) 911, (1881) 938.—Ord. Sur., sh. 116, 1878.
Castletown through time
Castletown is now part of Highland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Highland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Castletown itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Castletown, in Highland and Caithness | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22034
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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