Saddell Abbey

in Kintyre is not only a ruin with slabs of crusaders and knights templar but also supposed to be the burial place of Somerled, the progenitor of Clan Donald.

I visited the place in 2001 and found a stone in the wall that tells us about the lord of the isles. The place is obviously not often visited, there are hardly any parking facilities.

The abbey itself is but a ruin now but still has ancient monuments to present.

Nearby is Saddell Castle, behind which there is a river with a sandy beach. A nice place to play with children and to take looks around the landscape and the Castle.

Castles I visited
Edinburgh Castle Eilean Donan Castle Duntulm Castle Dunvegan Castle Dunrobin Castle Cawdor Castle Blair Castle, Blair Atholl Braemar Castle Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall Strome Castle Castle Knock Caisteal Maol - Castle Moil, Skye
Edinburgh Eilean Donan Duntulm Dun Bheagan Dunrobin Cawdor Blair Atholl Braemar Kirkwall Strome Knock Moil
Armadale Castle Castle Mey Stirling Castle Tantallon Castle Thurso Castle Earl's Palace, Birsay Earl's Palace, Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney Balmoral Castle Stuart Castle - Grampian Corgarff Castle Castle Stalker Ackergill Tower - Caithness
Armadale Mey Stirling Tantallon Thurso Birsay Kirkwall Balmoral Stuart Corgarff Stalker Ackergill Tower
Inverness Castle Balvenie Castle - Dufftown Loch Lomond Castle - Balloch Dun Sciath - Sleat, Isle of Skye Kilravock Castle near Cawdor Bishop's Palace - Elgin Keiss - the old Castle Keiss - the new Castle Castle Girnigoe - Caithness Castle Sinclair - Caithness Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit Old Wick Castle
Inverness Balvenie Loch Lomond Dun Sciath Kilravock Castle Elgin old Keiss new Keiss Girnigoe Sinclair Urquhart Old Wick
Carbisdale Castle Castle Tongue Kilberry Castle Castle Tarbert Stonefield Castle, near Tarbert Saddell Torisdale Skipness Carnasserie Dunadd Dunstaffnage Castle Barcaldine
Carbisdale Tongue Kilberry Tarbert Stonefield Sadell Torisdale Skipness Carnasserie Dunadd Dunstaffnage Barcaldine
Lochranza, Arran Dunaverty Castle Inveraray Castle Kilchurn Castle Ruthven Barracks Fort William Fort Augustus Fort George
Brodick Lochranza Dunaverty Inveraray Kilchurn Ruthven Barracks Fort William Fort Augustus Fort George


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Scotland today
whisky pictures my tours castles bibliography author
Whiskey destilling picture gallery Tours through Scotland Castles of Scotland I visited bibliography about myself
fuisce of Scotland through Scotland story and picture good books that's me

Scotland's history
chronicle clans dynasties battles earldoms legends
chronicle some of the Clans of Scotland Dynasties of Scotland, England and Norway Battles in and about Scotland Earldoms Legends and Stories
chronicle and chiefs of Britain fight and slaughter Earls and Dukes and stories