Castles · Scottish Highlands

Castles of the Scottish Highlands

Ten dramatic ruins and restorations from Inverness to Mull.

The Scottish Highlands have over 1,000 named castles. The ten in this guide are picked for combination of accessibility, restoration quality, and dramatic setting — Urquhart looking down on Loch Ness, Eilean Donan on its tidal island, Dunnottar on its sea-stack peninsula, Cawdor with its 14th-century yew, Inverness Castle (modern but on the medieval foundations), and Glamis with its Queen Mother associations.

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Castles · Scottish Highlands

Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle — castle that sits beside Loch Ness.

↗ historicenvironment.scot

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Castles · Scottish Highlands

Eilean Donan Castle

Eilean Donan Castle — castle in Highland, Scotland, UK.

↗ eileandonancastle.com

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Castles · South West England

Tintagel Castle

Tintagel Castle — castle in Cornwall, England, UK.

↗ english-heritage.org.uk

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Castles · South West England

St Michael's Mount

St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos, meaning "hoar rock in woodland") is a tidal island in Mount's Bay near Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and i

↗ stmichaelsmount.co.uk