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Castles in Scotland

Many of these pages are commercial.  However, they are listed here because they have real content: interesting pictures, search capabilities, maps, and information of historical interest.

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Rampant Scotland Scottish Castles Photo Library:  Click on the links to access good size photos of over 130 Scottish castles.  You can access them individually - or take a tour, as each page is linked to the next.

Castles in Scotland - a link list to lots of substantial information about castles.

Castles on the Web, - a link list

Castles of Wales - a link list

Castles on the Web offers castle links, castle photos, castle site of the day, castles for kids, and a search engine for castles.  [Capital Scot advisory: Page functionality enhanced by JavaScript.]

Edinburgh Castle & Popular Themes - This page includes links to other castles and an article about the recapture of Edinburgh Castle by Bruce's forces in 1313.

Dundas Castle - includes a map and link list.

Castles of Britain - "Castles Unlimited was formed in recognition of the necessity to preserve these relics of history.  They about the promotion and study of British Castles.  Their goals are educating and stimulating people to explore the castles for themselves and offer several services and information which may be of interest to you." The site has photos, and neat information about ghosts and trivia.

Scottish Castles - This otherwise commercial site (camusnagaul.com - see Subscribers) has links to photographs and information about various castles in Scotland.  Scotland is well known for our long history and part of this is the many Scottish Castles that can be found throughout our wonderful country.

The following nine (9) links are courtesy of Alan Davidson

• Scone Palace - "Scone Palace is the family seat of the Earls of Mansfield.  Beside the Palace, the Moot Hill was the ancient Crowning Place of the Kings of Scots and the original site of the Stone of Destiny.  The Palace is a major tourist attraction as well as a popular venue for hospitality and high quality private functions.  Take a tour of the State Rooms and discover the history of Scone."
• Blair Castle - Traditional home of the Dukes of Atholl, "When the Atholl family first made their home in the Strath of Garry, more than seven centuries ago, it was a wild and dangerous place.  It was also a strategic one.  Whoever held Blair Atholl was gatekeeper to the Grampian mountains and the route north to Inverness."
• Glamis Castle - Childhood home of the Queen Mother.  The current (2000) The family of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne " have lived in Glamis Castle since 1372 when Sir John Lyon was granted the thaneage of Glamis by King Robert II.  In 1376 Sir John married the King's daughter, Princess Joanna. Since then Glamis has been visited and lived in by many members of the Scottish and British royal families."
• Ballindalloch Castle - "Ballindalloch lies in the heart of whisky country near to the distilleries of Glenfiddich, Glenfarclas and Glenlivet.  It is surrounded by majestic hills, and with the Rivers Spey and Avon flowing through the grounds.  It is one of the few privately owned castles to have been lived in continuously by its original family, the Macpherson-Grants, who have resided there since 1546."
• Thirlestane Castle - "Set in the Scottish Borders at Lauder, Thirlestane Castle has its origins in the 13th century.  It was rebuilt as the Maitland family home in 1590 and greatly enhanced by the Duke of Lauderdale in the 1670's.  In 1840, it was extended and refurbished with the addition of two new wings.  The Maitlands are a famous Scottish family who first came to Britain from France with William the Conqueror.  As the seat of the Earls and Duke of Lauderdale, the Castle has at times held a central role in the history of Scotland."
• Eilean Donan Castle (Clan Macrae) - "Eilean Donan is one of the most romantic castles in Scotland.   The castle as it stands today is largely a restoration.  In 1719, four years after the failed Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, a Jacobite force sailed from Spain.  Owing to a storm, only two ships landed at Eilean Donan, disembarking the Earl of Seaforth - chief of the Clan Mackenzie - the Earl Marischal and the Marquis of Tullibardine with some three hundred Spanish troops and some Irish officers.  They were joined by a few hundred Highlanders including Macraes, Rob Roy and a party of MagGregors.  While they encamped by the castle, waiting vainly for reinforcements to arrive, three Royal Navy warships sailed into the loch and destroyed Eilean Donan by means of a naval bombardment and the exploding of powder kegs set within the castle.  On 10 June 1719, just two months after the landing, the rebellion was crushed at the Battle of Glen Shiel, just a few miles from Loch Duich, when government forces overwhelmed the Jacobites, dispersing the Highlanders and enforcing the surrender of the luckless Spaniards."
• The Very Best of Scotland's Castles - A real estate site with a pulldown menu from which you can view many castle properties.

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