Dunstaffnage Castle

Dunstaffnage Castle was built around the year 1220 by Duncan Dubhgall, son of the Earl Somerled, on a large flat rock overlooking the Firth of Lorne in the Scottish county of Argyll as a mighty fortress for the MacDougall clan. Dunstaffnage 1309 of Robert the Bruce was taken and remained several years in royal possession.

Flora MacDonald was arrested in 1746 after a visit to her brother in South Uist in Dunstaffnage. You helped Bonnie Prince Charlie after his defeat at Culloden to escape from the English troops, but was taken to have a self. After a year, she was brought to London in the Tower, where they still had to wait another year for their release.

Dunstaffnage Castle is now a ruin, but still graced by well-preserved stone carvings. The cultivation of the castle is privately owned.

56.454694444444 - 5.4376388888889Koordinaten: 56 ° 27 ' 16.9 " N, 5 ° 26' 15.5" W