After her release, the duchess came to a settlement agreement with her late husband s family, which included permission to build a castle so long as it was situated outside the Sutherland family estate.
The duchess chose the site of Carbisdale Castle and insisted the building had a huge square clock tower visible to a large part of Sutherland. This structure has clock faces on three sides, but the fourth has always been empty.
Legend has it that the estranged duchess requested no clock face was placed on that facade as it overlooked her late husband s family estate, and she did not want to give them the time of day.