Borve Castle - Caisteal Bhuirgh

Borve Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Bhuirgh) is a ruined 14th-century tower house, located at the south-west of the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn nam Fadhla or Beinn na Faoghla, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Alba). It was built by Amy MacRuairi, the first wife of John, Lord of the Isles, and the remains of the castle, of which only the two upper floors of the building are now visible, are in the village of Torlum. It was originally constructed between 1344 and 1363 and was occupied by the Clanranald until the 1715 Jacobite Rising, when it was abandoned.

Image: Borve Castle, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland - from north west. Image by Otter and courtesy of wikimedia commons.

Link: Visit Outer Hebrides - Borve Castle.

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