The high garden walls are to protect the gardens against severe winter gales. It is said that the gales are strong enough to pluck a cabbage from the ground and fling it 60 feet!
[Castle of Mey - Thurso - Caithness - Scotland]
The high garden walls are to protect the gardens against severe winter gales. It is said that the gales are strong enough to pluck a cabbage from the ground and fling it 60 feet!
[Castle of Mey - Thurso - Caithness - Scotland]