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EVELYN CHANNING of Savills (07807 999412) seeks ‘offers over £25 million’ for the 28,500-acre Dunbeath estate in Caithness, the remote coastal county on Scotland’s north-eastern corner, fringed to the north and east by dramatic sea cliffs and long sandy beaches and to the south and west by the more rugged and mountainous county of Sutherland. Caithness is a land of vast moorland, river valleys of gentle rolling farmland, and blanket peat-land known as the Flow Country, the largest expanse of blanket bog in Europe.
The principal house on the Dunbeath estate is the magnificently picturesque, Category A-listed Dunbeath Castle, a massive white building set high on a rocky promontory overlooking the sea on the east coast of Caithness, 21 miles south of the ancient Norse town of Wick and a two-hour drive north from Inverness. Although remote, it is far from inaccessible, with private flights available from Wick John O’Groats airport and ample space for helicopters to land
