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	Dunstaffnage Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is situated on a platform of conglomerate rock forming a promontory at the south-west of the entrance to Loch Etive and is surrounded on three sides by the sea.
		The castle is a quadrangular structure of great strength, with rounded towers at three of the angles, and has a circumference of about 400 ft. The walls are 60 feet high and 10 feet thick, affording a safe promenade, which commands a splendid view.
		It was garrisoned at the period of the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745, fell into decay early in the 19th century, and is now the property of the crown, the duke of Argyll being hereditary keeper.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dunstaffnage_Castle (415 words)

	Dunstaffnage Castle, Castle Stalker, scottish castles Argyll, Scotland
		The castle was built around 1495 by a guy called Duncan Stewart of Appin, who received the land as a reward for his support for James IV and his efforts to destroy the power of the Lords of the Isles.
		The castle was abandoned in the late 17th century, was struck by lightning shortly afterwards and is slowly decaying since.
		In 1685 the castle burned down, garrisoned by government troops in 1745, served as a temporary prison for Flora McDonald, when she was arrested after assisting Prince Charlie in his attempt to flee the prison in 1746.
	www.argyllonline.co.uk /index.asp?id=202 (873 words)

	Tours of Scotland.
		The ruined remains of Dunstaffnage Castle sit near the village of Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll and Bute, the oldest parts of which date from the 13th century.
		Built by the MacDougalls, the castle was taken by Robert the Bruce in 1309 and he passed it to Campbell ownership.
		The only remaining inhabitated part of the castle is the gate-house which was built in the 15th century and was restored in 1903.
	www.travel-scotland.50megs.com /travel-dunstaffnage-castle.html (768 words)

	Dunstaffnage Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Standing atop a rock outcrop three miles north of Oban, Dunstaffnage Castle is an impressive fortification overlooking what was once the most important junction of the sea-lanes on the west coast of Scotland.
		In July 1249 Dunstaffnage was to be the first target of King Alexander II in his campaign to seize the Hebrides from Norwegian rule.
		Dunstaffnage Castle is surrounded by attractive woodland and grassy areas sweeping past the visitor centre to the shore of Dunstaffnage Bay.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /oban/dunstaffnage (1013 words)

	Dunstaffnage Castle
		Dunstaffnage Castle is located 5 miles north of Oban on the west coast of Scotland.
		The castle dates from the first quarter of the 13th century when it was probably built either by Duncan MacDougall, Lord of Lorne, or by his son Ewen who died before 1275.
		The castle is said to have a ghost in a green dress, apparently a 'glaistig', a fairy woman, heralding events in the lives of the Campbell family.
	www.doog.net /travel/scotland-dunstaffnage.html (204 words)

	Dunstaffnage is one of a number of major stone castles built in strategic positions around the West Coast of Scotland ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dunstaffnage is one of a number of major stone castles built in strategic positions around the West Coast of Scotland in the 13th century.
		Dunstaffnage would thus most probably have been intended not simply as the stronghold of a local clan chief, but also as a place where the King himself might expect to be hospitably received by his liegeman.
		In 1321 or 1322, the castle was granted to Archibald Campbell of Lochawe; and although parts of the lordship were later restored to descendants of Alexander MacDougall before passing to the Stewarts of Innermeath, the Campbells' possession of Dunstaffnage was finally assured in 1470, when it was granted to Colin Campbell, first Earl of Argyll.
	homepage.interaccess.com /~campbell/dunstaffnage.htm (701 words)

	Dunstaffnage Castle, Argyll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dunstaffnage was the capital ('Dun') of the ancient Irish kingdom of Dalriada, Fergus and Ossian and that crowd.
		The castle is located near Oban in a flat built-up area along the shore of Loch Etive and is not very impressive until you come up close and see the rock it is built on.
		The keep/gatehouse, which is still roofed and floored, is a 17th C addition -- a tower house, in effect -- and the original defenses were rather weak apart from the scarp and high thick walls.
	www.britcastles.com /dunstaffnage.htm (111 words)

	landscape pictures of the south west highland area of scotland glencoe, scotland stock photo library landscape pictures
		Castle Stalker: Castle Stalker was built by the Stewarts of Appin in the 16th century.
		Castle Stalker was sold by Duncan Stewart, the 6th laird of Appin, in 1620 and came into possession by the Campbells.
		Dunstaffnage Castle: was build in a strategic spot on the Firth of Lorn.
	www.buyimage.co.uk /photonet/highlands/highlands1.html (358 words)

	Places to Visit in Scotland - Dunstaffnage Castle
		Dunstaffnage was captured in 1309 by Robert the Bruce
		in 1470 and the hereditary Captain of Dunstaffnage remains the keeper of the castle.
		in 1745/46, was imprisoned in the castle in 1746.
	www.rampantscotland.com /visit/blvisitduns.htm (264 words)

	Clan Campbell Society (NA) - Innis Chonnel Castle
		Dunstaffnage castle is significant in the history of Argyll.
		At Dunstaffnage the rock platform was larger, allowing a more spacious courtyard, and the sharper corners dictated by the more triangular plan made necessary the round corner towers, a more refined element of design which was not used in the original plans at Castle Sween or Innis Chonnel.
		Northeast of the castle and outside the main entrance door, there is a `middle bailey' or open entrance court which is similar in size to the plan of the castle itself.
	www.ccsna.org /castles/innischonnel.html (1170 words)

	Historical perspective for Dunstaffnage Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dunstaffnage Castle itself must have undergone important alterations subsequent to the time of Robert Bruce; and, as it now stands, cannot claim much higher antiquity, or possibly even less, than the neighbouring castle of Dunolly.
		The castle is now a mere shell, tall and irregular, but not without majesty; and to the sea it presents a grand and striking aspect, sharing in the magnificent scenery round the head of the Firth of Lorn.
		A ruined chapel, standing 400 feet distant, and formerly used by the inmates of the castle, is in the Early Pointed style, much defaced by alterations, and measures 78 feet in length, 26 in breadth, and 14 in height.
	www.geo.edinburgh.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurehistory6382.html (799 words)

	Castles - British & Irish - DUNSTAFFNAGE CASTLE
		We found Dunstaffnage Castle on the west coast of Scotland just a few miles north of Oban At first glance the castle appeared to be an uninteresting box-like building, but closer inspection proved that impression to be wrong.
		The castle was built in the thirteenth century and much of it still stands today.
		Two of the castles round towers have survived as well as much of the impressive sixty foot high curtain walls.
	castlesights.com /castles/scotland/dunstaffnage/dunstaffnage.html (151 words)

	Dunstaffnage Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dunstaffnage Castle was built before 1275 by the MacDougalls of Lorn.
		Following the battle, Dunstaffnage passed to the Campbell Earls of Argyll in the 1320s as Colin Campbell was one of Bruce's most trusted followers.
		The castle was a government base in 1745, and, in 1746, Flora MacDonald's temporary prison.
	www.fife-education.org.uk /socsub/SocialSubjects/Scottish_History/Royalty/DidYouKnow/CastleFacts/ScotCastles/dunstaffnage.htm (246 words)

	Dunstaffnage Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dunstaffnage was build in a strategic spot on the Firth of Lorn.
		The castle was built by Duncan or Ewen MacDougal around 1275 (Lords of Lorn).
		The castle was then turned over to the Campbells in 1470.
	darkisle.com /d/dunstaffnage/dunstaffnage.html (130 words)

	Uktravel.com - Castle Guide
		Several ascended the throne as minors and were taken advantage of as was the son of Mary Queen of Scots, who was both James VI of Scotland and James I of England.
		She sent ship loads of troops and arms and it is told that the castle was bombarded day and night by five battalions.
		Their is a lot to see at Edinburgh castle: · The Scottish United Museum · The Garrison which lives there and is involved in the World famous Edinburgh s Tattoo held at the Castle every September · The Esplanande, the approach to the castle where the tattoo is held every year.
	www.uktravel.com /castlecontent.asp?timeID=edinburgh&offset=40 (841 words)

	Dunstaffnage Castle
		The dormers were taken from a later house built in 1725, with the initials being of Angus and Lilias Campbell.
		They were defeated in 1309 by Robert the Bruce and he granted the castle to the Campbells.
		The castle passed back to the MacDougalls, then to the Stewarts of Lorn and the Campbells again in 1470, who retained it until 1958 when it was taken into state care.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /sites/castles/dunstaffnage.html (216 words)

	Clan MacDougall - Dunstaffnage Castle
		Dunstaffnage Castle, located 3 miles north of the town of Oban, Scotland, overlooks what was probably the most important junction of sealanes on the western seaboard.
		The castle guards the entrance to Loch Etive and the Lynn of Lorne from a rocky point sheltering a small bay which once offered anchorage and a beach for the galleys.
		The castle dates from the first quarter of the 13th century, before 1275, when it was probably built either by Duncan MacDougall, Lord of Lorne, or by his son Ewen MacDougall who died before 1275.
	john.doneldadupont.com /clan/dunstaffnage.html (868 words)

	Uktravel.com - Castle Guide
		The castle was besieged and captured by Robert the Bruce in 1309, and Bruce made the castle a royal property, with the Campbells as keepers.
		It is possible that the grandson of Ewen or John MacDougall who had escaped to the English court after the battle of the Pass of Brander returned to Scotland in the train of the English princess who was to marry David II King of Scots, had found royal favour.
		The castle is said to be haunted by a ghost in a green dress, the 'Ell-maid of Dunstaffnage' and her appearance heralds events, both bad and good, in the lives of the Campbells.
	www.uktravel.com /castlecontent.asp?timeID=Dunstaffnage&offset=40 (677 words)

	Leyline Quest: Haunted Castles
		One of her recent appearances was verified by a female guide to the castle who watched in amazement as a figure in a grey robe rose from a kneeling position at the back of the chapel and walked straight to the altar whereupon she vanished into thin air.
		Dunstaffnage is a 13th-century curtain-walled castle built on a natural pedestal of conglomerate rock above Dunstaffnage Bay, three miles north of Oban.
		The castle itself was originally built by the MacDougalls, but after their defeat by Robert Bruce at the Pass of Awe in 1308, it passed into the hands of the Campbells.
	www.geocities.com /leylinequest/leylines_haunted_castles.htm (1589 words)

	Scottish seafood restaurant-award winning scottish cuisine-Oban,Argyll-The Waterfront Restaurant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, there had been a stronghold here built by the kings of Dalriada (the kingdom of the Scots who invaded from Ireland) in the 7th century and it was one of the places in which the Stone of Destiny was kept.
		Dunstaffnage was captured in 1309 by Robert the Bruce and remained a royal castle for many years.
		The castle is said to be haunted by a ghost in a green dress who appears when some significant event is about to happen to the Campbells - a perfect place to visit
	www.waterfront-restaurant.co.uk /localattractions.php (613 words)

	Clan Campbell Society (NA) - DUNSTAFFNAGE CASTLE
		Possibly the grandson of the Ewen or John MacDougall who had escaped to the English court after the battle of the Pass of Brander returned to Scotland in the train of the English princess who was to marry David II King of Scots, and so found royal favor.
		Apart from the very strategic castle of Dunstaffnage, the charter of the lands of Lorne provided better westward and northward sea-access from landlocked Lochawe and more fertile valleys for oats and grazing than were offered by the rocky shores of Lochawe.
		The castle is the seat of the Campbell Captains of Dunstaffnage who are hereditary Captains of the Castle for the Earls and Dukes of Argyll.
	www.ccsna.org /castles/dunstaffnage.html (831 words)

	Castles historic houses Argyll and Bute Scotland, castle tours Inveraray Kilchurn Castle Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The castle stands guarding the mouth of Loch Sween and set upon a low rocky point beside a sand beach facing south.
		A little further afield, Kilchurn, a spectacular ruin, is the original castle of the Glenurchy and Breadalbane Campbells.
		The castle stands upon a low plateau of rock at the end of a level spit of marshy land which intrudes into the northeastern end of Loch Awe.
	www.stonefieldcastle.co.uk /local-area/castles-and-houses.htm (304 words)

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		Built before 1275 on a huge rock overlooking the Firth of Lorn, Dunstaffnage was the mighty stronghold of the MacDougalls.
		The castle, with its huge curtain wall, was captured by Robert the Bruce in 1309 and remained in royal possession for some years.
		Dunstaffnage became the temporary prison of Flora MacDonald in 1746.
	www.historic-scotland.gov.uk /properties_sites_detail.htm?propertyID=PL_111 (204 words)

	ICASTELLI.IT - Dunstaffnage Castle
		It was transferred to the Campbells in 1470 and the hereditary Captain of Dunstaffnage remains the keeper of the castle.
		The castle is said to be haunted by a ghost in a green dress who appears when some significant event is about to happen to the Campbells.
		If you are in the area of Oban then Dunstaffnage is well worth a visit and if you have time, Dunollie Castle (on a coast road just north of Oban) and Ardchattan Priory (established in 1230 by Cistercian monks and includes medieval gravestones, including that of Somerled McDougall who died in 1502.
	www.icastelli.it /scotland/dunstaffnage.htm (284 words)

	Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel, Oban
		Dunstaffnage Castle 4mi/6.4km north of Oban stands guard on a rock over the entrance to Loch Etive.
		The three round towers and the walls, in places 10ft/3m thick, date from the 15th C when the castle belonged to the Campbell clan, while the residential tower was built in the 17th century.
		The cannon on the ramparts was salvaged from a Spanish galleon that sank in Tobermory Bay.
	planetware.com /oban/dunstaffnage-castle-and-chapel-gb-stra-dunst.htm (165 words)

	GIAK Travel - Dunstaffnage Castle, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dunstaffnage Castle is located just north of Oban along the A 85.
		The castle follows the irregular pattern of the rock it was built, anchored by three massive round towers.
		Located about 500m away from the castle, this time along the Sound of Mull, lies the ruins of a small chapel and graveyard.
	www.giak.com /travel/England-Scotland/Dunstaffnage%20Castle.htm (141 words)

	Castledownie . Castle holidays. Castle pictures and Scottish gifts.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Edinburgh Castle, Urquhart Castle, Dunstaffnage Castle, Duart Castle, Inverary Castle and Culzean Castle.
		The castle is an old MacDonald stronghold and it is in ruins.
		In 1513 the castle was saved from attack by the ingenuity and heroism of a young maid Mary MacDonald, known ever since as Mary of the Castle.
	www.clanscot.com /castledownie.html (1006 words)

	McNabb.US MacNab Clan Castles
		It was then along with several others that he was confined to Doune Castle under the charge of Macgregor of Glengyle, where he remained till after the battle of Culloden.
		This the entrance to the castle, when you walk through this passage it feels like you are entering another world.
		The castle is in poor condition and if you go there, you should be careful.
	www.mcnabb.us /history/Castles.htm (390 words)

	UISGE! Oban Distillery: All about it
		Dunstaffnage castle has an attractive site in parkland close by the waters edge.
		For this latter reason it was the main stronghold of the Scots Kings of Dalriada and later the Macdougalls, the Lords of Lorne.
		It was restored months later.) After the Jacobites’ defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Flora Macdonald spent 10 days at Dunstaffnage on her way to London as a prisoner of the English Crown.
	www.uisge.com /ud/oban.html (1183 words)

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