Dunstaffnage Castle
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Dunstaffnage Castle is a partially ruined castle in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It lies 3 miles NNE of Oban, situated on a platform of conglomerate rock on a promontory at the south-west of the
The castle in 2024
The south façade of Dunstaffnage Castle
The gatehouse, with the remains of the north-east hall range to the left
The north-west range of 1725, with the gatehouse on the right, seen from the parapet walk
Clan MacDougall
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Clan MacDougall is a Highland Scottish clan, historically based in and around Argyll. The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in Scotland, issuing
Dunstaffnage Castle
…of Scotland's oldest stone castles, in a local group which includes Castle Sween and Castle Tioram. Guarding a strategic location, it was built by the MacDougall lords of Lorn, and has been held since the 15th century by the Clan Campbell. To this day there is a hereditary Captain of Dunstaffnage, although they…
The MacDougall Cross, dating from about 1500 at Ardchattan Priory.
A Victorian era, romanticised depiction of a member of the clan by R. R. McIan, from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, published in 1845.
Dunollie Castle, historic seat of the MacDougalls
Dunstaffnage Castle, historic seat of the MacDougalls