Knock Castle, Isle of Skye

Name: Knock Castle
Address: Isle of Skye, United Kingdom

#12 among attractions in Isle of Skye

Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted

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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. Currently the castle is in ruins; it consists of an old 15th century keep of which one part, a window, remains to some height with traces of later buildings. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°6'37"N, 5°50'50"W

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Isle of Skye United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Armadale Castle, Dunscaith Castle, Talla Duisdale Events, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.

3.2 miSW
Castle with museum and landscaped gardens
Armadale Castle, Armadale
83 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.
5.2 miW
Forts and castles
Dunscaith Castle, Armadale
132 min walk • 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.
3.1 miNE
57°8'53"N • 5°48'17"W
Talla Duisdale Events, Isle of Skye
79 min walk • City hall
1.8 miSW
Universities and schools
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Armadale
48 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.
3 miNE
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Té Bheag, Isle of Skye
78 min walk • Té Bheag is a blended whisky made by Pràban na Linne Ltd. It is one of Sir Iain Noble's Gaelic Whisky range, which has its headquarters at Eilean Iarmain on the Isle of Skye.
3.4 miNE
Island
Ornsay
87 min walk • Ornsay is a small tidal island to the east of the Sleat peninsula on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.