Tour Scotland Travel Video Duart Castle Isle of Mull Inner Hebrides

Tour Scotland travel video Blog of Duart Castle, or Caisteal Dhubhairt in Scottish Gaelic, on ancestry visit to the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Duart Castle was probably built by Clan MacDougall in the 13th century, and appears to have come into the hands of Clan MacLean in the following century. In 1350 Lachlan Lubanach Maclean of Duart, the 5th Clan Chief, married Mary, daughter of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and Duart was part of her dowry. In 1647, Duart Castle was attacked and laid siege to by the Argyll government troops of Clan Campbell, but they were defeated and driven off by the Royalist troops of Clan MacLean. In 1691 Duart Castle was surrendered by Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet to Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll. The Campbell clan demolished the castle, and the stones from the walls were scattered. By 1751 the remains of the castle were abandoned. On 11 September 1911, the ruin was bought by Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, the 26th Chief of the Clan MacLean and restored.



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