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

DUART
CASTLE

Duart Castle
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1390
Associated Clans / Families:
Maclean, Campbell, then Maclean

 

Duart Castle, a landmark on the Isle of Mull, is perched upon Black Point.  The structure sits strategically at the junction of three seaways – the Firth of Lorne, Loch Linnhe, and the Sound of Mull – which enhanced Duart’s control of the sea trade between the Hebrides and Ulster, Ireland.  The curtain wall that surrounds Duart dates to the 13^th century.  A keep was constructed in 1390; more than a century’s worth of additions followed.  After a siege by surrounding clans in 1538, the castle underwent expansion into the 17^th century, only to suffer another more devastating siege in 1745, and abandonment by 1751.  The castle was restored in 1911.  The painting depicts its appearance in 2006.

Pictured

Duart Castle  10" x 8" oil

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

From:

 Time Stops Here

A Legend of Duart Castle

. . .  The creature is clad in a white shawl that drapes over a small head.  With each turn of the cloth, the stream flows a deeper red.  Through a veil, lies a bony face and skin as shallow as the water that runs beneath.  Turning toward me, the creature's piercing eyes take me captive;  I sand motionless.. . .

Told from the perspective

of Ewan Maclean

Duart Castle is included in the Highlands Map.

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