Ken Lussey Author

Some of the settings used in 'Thicker Than Water' are real places though the two most important, Sarclet Castle and Sarclet Broch, are both fictional, albeit based partly on real places. Sarclet Castle is loosely based on the Castle of Mey, transported from the north coast of Caithness to its east coast, with a great hall inspired by that at Eilean Donan Castle. Sarclet Broch is based on the Broch of Gurness in Orkney.

Pictures of some of the locations used are shown on this page. You can find out more about locations used via the links below, which go to feature pages on Undiscovered Scotland. Find out more about: The Emigrants Statue in Helmsdale; Helmsdale; The Castle of Mey; Eilean Donan Castle; Broch of Gurness; Wick; Castle of Old Wick; Castle Sinclair Girnigoe; Thurso; Old St Peter's Kirk, Thurso; Dornoch; Dornoch Cathedral; Dornoch Castle Hotel; Dunnet Head; and Dunbeath.