Eilean Donan, Dornie

Name: Eilean Donan
Address: Dornie, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Dornie

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Eilean Donan is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs in the western Highlands of Scotland, about 1 kilometre from the village of Dornie. It is connected to the mainland by a footbridge that was installed early in the 20th century and is dominated by a picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television. The island's original castle was built in the thirteenth century; it became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies, the Clan MacRae. However, in response to the Mackenzies' involvement in the Jacobite rebellions early in the 18th century, government ships destroyed the castle in 1719. The present-day castle is Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap's 20th-century reconstruction of the old castle. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°16'19"N, 5°31'5"W

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Dornie United Kingdom

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Eilean Donan – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glenelg Inn, Dun Telve, Duncraig Castle, Dun Troddan.

5.7 miSW
Nightlife, Restaurant
Glenelg Inn, Glenelg
145 min walk • Glenelg Inn is a public house and inn in the village of Glenelg in the Highlands of Scotland. The current building dates to the second half of the 20th century, but remnants of the previous structure — the "imposing" Glenelg Hotel, which was largely destroyed in a 1947 fire — still stand.
6.1 miSW
Ruins, Archaeological site
Dun Telve, Glenelg
155 min walk • Dun Telve is an iron-age broch located about 4 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland. It is one of the best preserved brochs in Scotland.
6.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Duncraig Castle, Plockton
160 min walk • Duncraig Castle is a mansion in Lochalsh, in the west of the Scottish Highlands. A category-C listed building, it is situated in the Highland council area, east of the village of Plockton on the south shore of Loch Carron.
5.9 miSW
Archaeological site
Dun Troddan, Glenelg
152 min walk • Dun Troddan is an iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved brochs in Scotland.
5.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Bernera Barracks, Glenelg
139 min walk • Bernera Barracks is located in Glenelg in the West Highlands of Scotland. The barracks were constructed between 1717 and 1723 as part of a campaign by the British government to subdue the local population which had risen up in arms in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, and which would do so again in 1745.
0.9 miSW
Archaeological site
Caisteal Grugaig
23 min walk • Caisteal Grugaig is an Iron Age broch near the eastern end of Loch Alsh in the Scottish Highlands.
5.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Glen Shiel
141 min walk • Glen Shiel is a glen in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The glen runs approximately 9 miles from south-east to north-west, from the Cluanie Inn at the western end of Loch Cluanie and the start of Glenmoriston to sea level at the village of Shiel Bridge and Loch Duich.
0.6 miN
57°16'52"N • 5°30'54"W
The Schoolhouse, Dornie
17 min walk • Museum
5.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Achaidh na h-Inich
135 min walk • Loch Achaidh na h-Inich is a freshwater loch in Scotland, located around 3 kilometres south-south-east of Plockton, 2 kilometres east of Duirinish, 2 km north-north-east of Balmacara, and half a kilometre south-east of Loch Lundie.
5.3 miW
Sea inlet with numerous flame shells
Loch Alsh, Kyleakin
136 min walk • Loch Alsh is a sea inlet between the isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides and the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The name is also used to describe the surrounding country and the feudal holdings around the loch.