Eilean Donon Castle, Mads Stage

This 'picture postcard' castle stands at the meeting place of three lochs, Alsh, Duick and Long. Built by Alexander II of Scotland in 1220 on an island, this MacKenzie stronghold was bombarded and blown up by the English warship Worcester in 1719 when it was being used as a base for Jacobite rising. In 1932 the ruins was rebuilt by the MacRae family and is now open to the public as a clan museum and war memorial.



SE63 Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland
This 'picture postcard' castle stands at the meeting place of three lochs, Alsh, Duick and Long. Built by Alexander II of Scotland in 1220 on an island, this MacKenzie stronghold was bombarded and blown up by the English warship Worcester in 1719 when it was being used as a base for Jacobite rising. In 1932 the ruins was rebuilt by the MacRae family and is now open to the public as a clan museum and war memorial. Illustration: Background of this print is pure white Return to Mads Stage List

SE63 Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland