Castles · Scottish Highlands
Castle Leod
Castle Leod in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Raibeart MacAoidh — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
About
Castle Leod is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Castle Leod is the seat of the Clan Mackenzie. It is a category A listed building, and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens. It is located near Strathpeffer in the east of Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands.
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Background
History
The castle was granted to John of Killin, 10th Chief of Clan MacKenzie after he fought at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. The castle was passed to his great-grandson Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, who granted it in 1608 to his brother Sir Roderick "Rorie" Mackenzie. In 1605 Sir Roderick married Margaret MacLeod, heiress of Torquil MacLeod of Lewis, bringing her immense wealth into the family and also settling the feud between the MacLeods and the Mackenzies over the Barony of Coigach, which thus passed into the Mackenzie family.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 57.5985, -4.5350
- Official site
- www.castleleod.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5050177 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Castle Leod (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Castle Leod?
- Castle Leod is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.5985°, -4.5350°.