Dunscaith Castle, Armadale

Name: Dunscaith Castle
Address: Armadale, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Armadale

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Dunscaith Castle also known as Dun Scaich, Dun Sgathaich Castle and Tokavaig, is a ruined castle on the coast of the Isle of Skye, in the north-west of Scotland. It is located in the Parish of Sleat, in the Highland council area, and in the former county of Inverness-shire, at grid reference NG595120. Also called "Fortress of Shadows", it is named after and was the home of the warrior maiden Scáthach. It is protected as a scheduled monument. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°8'11"N, 5°58'34"W

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Armadale United Kingdom

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Dunscaith Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cill Chriosd, Armadale Castle, Strathaird, Knock Castle.

5.5 miN
Church
Cill Chriosd, Isle of Skye
141 min walk • Cill Chriosd or Kilchrist is a ruined former parish church of Strath, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It was constructed around the 16th century, replacing an earlier medieval church on the same location, and was used until 1840 when the parish church was relocated to Broadford. It lies on the B8083 Broadford to Torrin and Elgol road.
5.3 miSE
Castle with museum and landscaped gardens
Armadale Castle, Armadale
135 min walk • Armadale Castle is a ruined country house in Armadale, Skye, former home of the MacDonalds. A mansion house was first built here around 1790. In 1815 a Scottish baronial style mock-castle, intended for show rather than defense, designed by James Gillespie Graham, was built next to the house.
4.8 miW
Protected area
Strathaird, Elgol
124 min walk • Strathaird is a peninsula on the island of Skye, Scotland, situated between Loch Slapin and Loch Scavaig on the south coast. W. H. Murray said that "Skye is sixty miles long, but what might be its breadth is beyond the ingenuity of man to state".
5.2 miE
Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Knock Castle, Isle of Skye
132 min walk • Knock Castle, also known as Caisteal Chamuis is a former stronghold of the MacDonalds. It lies on the east coast of Sleat, approximately five miles north of Armadale on the Isle of Skye, south of Cnoc Uaine, on the eastern side of Knock Bay.
5.2 miSE
Universities and schools
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Armadale
133 min walk • Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is a public higher education college situated in the Sleat peninsula in the south of the Isle of Skye, with an associate campus at Bowmore on the island of Islay, Ionad Chaluim Chille Ìle. Sabhal Mòr is an independent Academic Partner in the federal University of the Highlands and Islands.
5.5 miN
Archaeological site
High Pasture Cave, Isle of Skye
141 min walk • High Pasture Cave is an archaeological site on the island of Skye, Scotland. Human presence is documented since the Mesolithic, and remains, including Iron Age structures, point to ritual veneration of either the landscape or deities associated with the place.
3.7 miNW
Archaeological site
Dun Ringill, Isle of Skye
96 min walk • Dun Ringill is an Iron Age hill fort on the Strathaird peninsula on the island of Skye, Scotland. Further fortified in the Middle Ages, tradition holds that it was for several centuries the seat of Clan MacKinnon.
6.5 miNE
Neighbourhood
Skye and Lochalsh, Broadford
167 min walk • Skye and Lochalsh is one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region of Scotland. The main offices of the Skye and Lochalsh district council were in Portree, on the Isle of Skye.