Kildonan Castle (remains)
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Kildonan Castle (remains)
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 1 Apr 2013
Not much survives of the once royal hunting lodge of Kildonan Castle on the southern tip of the Isle of Arran. Built originally by the MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles, in the late C13th or early C14th it passed into royal hands when the whole of Arran came under their sway in the C15th. The Hamiltons, Earls of Arran, took ownership of the castle in 1544 but it has suffered very badly over the following centuries. It now stands in a private garden, this view being from the beach.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.442568
Longitude
-5.106211