Scotland:  Dramatic Places - Historic Sites
By:  Brian C. Mack
Artist:  Karol K. Mack
 
                                                                                                                                                         
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CASTLE
TIORAM

CASTLE
TIORAM

Castle Tioram
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1200s
Associated Clans / Families:
MacDonald of Clan Ranald

 

Since the 13^th century, Castle Tioram has controlled the seaways between the Hebrides and the Isle of Skye.  Tioram’s curtain wall dates to the 14^th century.  Expanded and fortified in the 16^th century, the castle withstood sieges in 1554 and 1651, but was destroyed in 1715.  The painting illustrates the castle’s appearance in 1998.

Pictured

Castle Tioram  8" x 10" oil

An excerpt from the book Scotland:  Castles and Clans the Legends.

From:

 Central Locations

A Legend of Castle Tioram

. . .  The nation of Scotland is surrounded by oceans and seas; lochs trap water on land, and sometimes during rain or fog the moisture appears suspended in the air.  Until recently, the rivers, lochs and, and oceans servers as the passageways of Scotland.  The islanders transported . . .

Castle Tioram is included in the Highlands Map.

Map::

 Castles & Clans:
Scottish Highlands

                                            
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