Eilean Donan
Sign in to savesmall tidal island in the western Highlands of Scotland
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Vinony's link graph records 99 inbound references to Eilean Donan, and connects out to Scottish Gaelic, Jacobitism and keep.
The entry is geolocated on the map in HLD.
It sits within the topics Castles in Highland (council area), Category A listed buildings in Highland (council area) and Clan Mackenzie.
Vinony links it to 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Scottish gaelic name
- Eilean Donnain
- Meaning of name
- Island of Donnán
- Os grid reference
- NG880260
- Island group
- Loch Duich
- Highest elevation
- 3 m (10 ft)
- Council area
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 3
- Official website
- www.eileandonancastle.com
- Image
- Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland - Jan 2011.jpg
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- Eilean Donan Castle
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Encyclopedic overview
Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs (Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh) in the western Highlands of Scotland, about one kilometre (5⁄8 mi) from the village of Dornie. It is connected to the mainland by a footbridge that was installed early in the 20th century and is dominated by a picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television. The island's original castle was built in the thirteenth century; it became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies, the Clan MacRae. In response to the Mackenzies' involvement in the Jacobite rebellions against the newly United Kingdom, Royal Naval ships destroyed the castle in 1719. The present-day castle is Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap's 20th-century reconstruction of the old castle.
Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person, but there were no "usual residents" at the time of the 2011 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eilean Donan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.