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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