A journey through time Eilean Donan Castle, Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
This beautiful 13th century castle sits at the point where 3 great sea lochs meet and provides one of the most iconic images of Scotland. Photo by Colin Roberts – More info
The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan Macrae.
In the early eighteenth century, the Mackenzies’ involvement in the Jacobite rebellions led in 1719 to the castle’s destruction by government ships.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap’s twentieth-century reconstruction of the ruins produced the present buildings.
In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person and by 2011, that number had dropped to zero.
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