The Northern Highlands and the Western Isles: Places to Explore
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Wick
Wick is a substantial town that was built on its fishing industry. The town itself is not very appealing, but it does have the gaunt, bleak ruins of Castle Sinclair and Castle Girnigoe teetering on a cliff top 3 mi north of the town.
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