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

    URQUHART
CASTLE

Urquhart Castle
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1250
Associated Clans / Families:
Urquhart, Durward, Cumming, Gordon, Grant, then Macdonald
 

A Celtic fortress has occupied Strone Point from the 500’s.  What is now the ruin of Urquhart Castle began in the 1250’s but was besieged, rebuilt, and altered through the centuries.  The 13^th and 14^th centuries saw substantial expansion, and in the 16^th century the owners constructed a large keep named the Grant Tower.  The castle was destroyed in 1692.  The paintings depicts a 1998 view.

Pictured:

Urquhart Castle   8" x 10" oil
Urquhart Castle, Grant Tower
5" x 7" oil

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

From:

 The Sign of the Cross

A Legend of Urquhart Castle

. . .  From the Abbey that he founded on the Isle of Iona, the holy man, St. Columba , journeys to the north of Scotland.  Loch Ness is his destination, where his is to meet with the King of the Picts.  The year is 580. . .

Urquhart Castle is included in the Highlands Map.

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