Dunvegan Castle 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 the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod. Probably a fortified site from the earliest times, the castle was first built in the 13th century and developed piecemeal over the centuries. In the 19th century the whole castle was remodelled in a mock-medieval style. The castle is built on an elevated rock overlooking an inlet on the eastern shore of Loch Dunvegan, a sea loch.
The south-west face of the castle
Round Garden, Dunvegan Castle
The Walled Garden, Dunvegan Castle
Dunvegan Castle
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country. Although Sgitheanach has been suggested to describe a winged shape, no definitive agreement exists as to the name's origins.
Bank Street, Portree
Bla Bheinn from Loch Slapin
Waterfall on the River Rha between Staffin and Uig
The vertical west face of the Basteir Tooth (a top next to Am Basteir) in the Cuillin, with Sgùrr nan Gillean in the background