Dunstaffnage Castle

I visited Dunstaffnage castle twice, once in 2001 and once in 2008, when we saw not only the outside, but also the inside of the ruin. The entrance towerhouse is privately owned and still inhabited. It is not open to the public. The rest of the castle is maintained by Historic Scotland. A stronghold must have been there already in the days of the old kings of Dal Riata, that is Argyll now. The castle was built in the 13th century by the MacDougalls, later changed hands to Campbell of Dunstaffnage. for further information see http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/oban/dunstaffnage/index.html

These are just the 2001 pictures I took from the outside. In 2008 I took these:

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Castles I visited

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Armadale	Mey	Stirling	Tantallon	Thurso	Birsay	Kirkwall	Balmoral	Stuart	Corgarff	Stalker	Ackergill Tower

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Carbisdale	Tongue	Kilberry	Tarbert	Stonefield	Sadell	Torisdale	Skipness	Carnasserie	Dunadd	Dunstaffnage	Barcaldine

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