page_title: Wyre, Orkney
section_title: Cubbie Roo's Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Wyre, Orkney / History / Cubbie Roo's Castle
caption_attribution_description: English: Cubby Roo's Castle on en:Wyre, Orkney
context_page_description: Wyre is one of the Orkney Islands, lying south-east of Rousay. It is 311 hectares and 32 metres at its highest point. It is one of the smallest inhabited islands in the archipelago.
  Orkney Ferries sail from the island to Tingwall on the Orkney Mainland, Egilsay and Rousay.
context_section_description: Cubbie Roo's Castle, built about 1150, is one of the oldest castles in Scotland and was mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga. It takes its name from Kolbein Hruga who was said to have lived there.
  
  In King Haakon's saga, it is mentioned that after the last Norse Earl of Orkney, Earl John, was murdered in Thurso, his killers fled to Wyre. They took refuge in the castle, which was so strong that the besiegers had to thrash out a deal with them to get them out.
caption: Cubbie Roo's Castle
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