Dunvegan Castle

August 13, 2007

MacLeod's castleOn the other side of the loch there’s Duvegan, the home of the castle of the clan MacLeod. The castle is called “Dunvegan Castle” and it’s still privately owned by the clan chief. Today, being another rainy day, we decided to visit the castle. As we have “Friends of Dunvegan” membership cards, we can enter for free.

The castle has some nice objects on display, amongst which is the Fairy Flag. A flag shrouded in mystery and supposedly giving the clan MacLeod protective powers. Also there’s the ancient drinking horn with a capacity of about a liter. Every new clan chief has to empty this horn filled with wine in one go!

Unfortunately it’s not allowed to take pictures inside the castle, so we can’t show any here but if you check out the website of the castle you get a fair impression of it.

Posted by roger | Filed Under Blog, History 

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