Ardvreck Castle is a castle, now ruinous, standing on a rocky promontory in Loch Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK. The structure dates from about 1490...
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Inchnadamph (section Ardvreck Castle)
into the underground network. The ruins of Ardvreck Castle lie nearby on the shores of Loch Assynt. The castle was badly damaged in a thunderstorm in 1795...
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Clan Mackenzie (section Castles)
captured at Dunrobin Castle. Ardvreck Castle was built by the MacLeods of Assynt but it later passed to the Mackenzies who sacked the castle in 1672. Fairburn...
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Clan MacLeod (section Castles associated with the clan)
himself to Neil MacLeod of Assynt at Ardvreck Castle. MacLeod' wife, Christine Munro, tricked Montrose into the castle dungeon and sent for troops of the...
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Clan MacLeod of Lewis (section Castles)
Clan Mackenzie in 1646. The castle may have been used as a prison after the clan moved to Ardvreck Castle. Ardvreck Castle a later seat of the MacLeod...
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Dunvegan Castle (Caisteal Dhùn Bheagain) is located 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. It is...
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after the construction of Ardvreck Castle. "Eilean Assynt - Canmore". Canmore (database). Retrieved 17 April 2021. "Assynt Castle (site of)". Stravaging...
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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...
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army being 'cut to pieces'. Major General Holborne later arrived at Ardvreck Castle, Sutherland, as escort for James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, who was...
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Clan Sinclair (section Castles)
the Battle of Carbisdale where they were defeated. They escaped to Ardvreck Castle, but there they were betrayed by MacLeod of Assynt and were executed...
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