Brims Castle, a 16th-century L-plan tower house on Brims Ness in Highland region, Scotland, lies about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Thurso. It was once the property of the Sinclairs and was inhabited until after 1970, but it now stands in a dangerous state. Once boasting three storeys and a garret, a square stair-wing and a watch-tower, the castle's open entrance is marked by a semi-circular open turret.
A movable timber stair granted entry at the first storey. The hall, on the first storey, was connected by a private stair to the vaulted basement, and there were bedrooms on each of the upper floors. The castle grounds also house a burial ground and a ruined chapel dedicated to St John.
Local ghostlore states that a white lady, the ghost of the daughter of James Sinclair of Uttersquoy, is said to haunt the building. Supposedly Patrick Sinclair of Brims was her lover but murdered her and concealed her body in the castle when he had tired of her.
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