Old Photographs Of Duntulm Trotternish Peninsula Isle Of Skye Scotland

Tour Scotland wee travel video of old Scottish photographs of Duntulm, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Thuilm, a township on the most northerly point of the Trotternish Peninsula of the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, made up of Shulista, north Duntulm, south Duntulm and Ghlumaig. Duntulm was originally a Pictish fortress, forming one of a chain of duns or forts stretching along the north coast of the Isle of Skye. On the arrival of the Norsemen the fort became the residence of a powerful Viking leader who gave it the name David’s Fort. During the 17th century Duntulm Castle was the seat of the chiefs of Clan MacDonald of Sleat. The castle was built in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the area was subject to feuds between the rival MacLeod and Macdonald clans. The defences were improved in the 16th century, and by the early 17th century the MacDonald's had finally gained the upper hand in the area. Around 1732 the castle was abandoned, when Sir Alexander MacDonald built a new residence, Monkstadt House, 5 miles to the south, robbing much of the castle's stone as building material.

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