Re: girnigoe/sinclair

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@mids.org>]

>I'd like a description of the surrounding countryside too.

You can find numerous pictures of them and the countryside through
 http://www.mids.org/sinclair/girnigoe.html

> Which direction do the castles face?

They're on an east-west stretch of coast, so the land side faces south
and the sea side faces north, into the North Sea.  See
 http://schoolsite.edex.net.uk/185/posit.htm
Look for Sinclair's Bay, just north of Wick.

> What kind of flora is there?

Not much.

> Are there forests nearby

In Caithness?  Nope.

> or is the land mostly moors?

Yes.  Well, actually, the surrounding land is a sheep pasture,
to be precise.

> Does the land undulate

Yes.

> or is it flat?

Not nearby.

>Johnnye

John Sinclair Quarterman <jsq@mids.org>
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