... This is a late twelth - early thirteenth century castle in the town of Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) in County Kildare (Irish: Contae ... Maigh Nuadhat or Maigh Nuadhad, means "plain of Nuadha". The castle was built in the late 12th century. It was home to the Fitzgerald family ...
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Mair Williams - Mar 7 2018 - 5:29pm
... is where the Clan MacDougall chief moved from the adjacent castle and was built in 1745. As reported in the Scotsman newspaper there ... fought in the Jacobite Rising of 1715. The existing castle ruins mostly date from the 15th century, but there has been fortified ...
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Kildonan Castle remains stand in the village of Kildonan (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Donnain) ... island of Pladda (Scottish Gaelic: Pladaigh). The castle was later used as a hunting lodge by the Kings of Scotland and became the property of the Earls of Arran in 1544. The castle's name is derived from Saint Donan, who is said to be buried on the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 3 2021 - 1:44pm
Borve Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Bhuirgh) is a ruined 14th-century tower ... 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 ... Jacobite Rising, when it was abandoned. Image : Borve Castle, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland - from north west. Image by Otter ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 4 2021 - 8:06am
Edzell Castle is a ruined 16th-century castle, with an early-17th-century walled garden. It is located close to the ... Aonghas, Alba) which is about 5 miles north of Brechin. The castle did not endure much military action, and seems to have been designed for ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 6 2021 - 9:37am
Elcho Castle is a 16th century Z-plan tower house built by the Wemyss family. It is ... owned by the Wemyss family who originally built it. The castle, which is open in the summer months from 1st April -30th September ... scheduled monument. Image : Scotia Depicta - Elcho Castle [Plate]. Image from collection of National Library of Scotland. Drawing ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jul 24 2021 - 9:41am
Glenbuchat Castle is located above the River Don (Scottish Gaelic: Deathan) and is near ... and his wife Helen Carnegie, it is a Z plan Scottish castle with round and square corbelled turrets. Although roofless it remains in ... - Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba. Image : Glenbucket Castle drawn by Robert William Billings (1814-1874). Link : Historic ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Jul 29 2021 - 9:04am