Ardvreck Castle Loch Assynt On Visit To North West Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of Ardvreck Castle, a ruined castle dating from the 16th century which stands on a rocky promontory jutting out into the North side of Loch Assynt on ancestry visit to the Sutherland, North West Scottish Highlands. The castle is thought to have been constructed around 1590 by the Clan MacLeod family who owned Assynt and the surrounding area from the 13th century onwards. Indeed Sutherland, the area in which Ardvreck is situated, has long been a stronghold of the Clan MacLeod. On 30 April 1650 James, Marquis of Montrose was captured by the Laird of Assynt and held at the castle before being transported to Edinburgh for trial and execution. Clan MacKenzie attacked and captured Ardvreck Castle in 1672, and then took control of the Assynt lands. The castle is connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of sand. It was formerly the residence of Neil Macleod, Laird of Assynt. See Castle on The North Coast 500 Route The surname McLeod was first found in on the Isle of Lewis, Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas, where the Siol Tormod branch held the territories of Harris, Glenelg and Dunvegan Castle in Skye; while the Siol Torquil branch held Assynt and Cadboll, and the Island of Ramasay. McLeod has been spelled MacLeod, MacCleod, MacCloud, MacLoud and many more. Neil McLeod, a Scottish convict from Aberdeen, was transported aboard the Asia on July 29th, 1823, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia; Alexander McLeod, a British Convict who was convicted in Edinburgh, Scotland for 7 years, was transported aboard the Asia on 5th November 1835, arriving in Tasmania; Ann McLeod, a Scottish convict from Edinburgh, was transported aboard the Arab on December 14, 1835, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia; Frances Mcleod, aged 25, arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Westminster in 1843; Janet McLeod arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1773; Hector McLeod, aged 19, arrived in Red River, Canada in 1812; Malcolm McLeod, aged 28, a farmer, arrived in Quebec, Canada, aboard the ship Baltic Merchant in 1815; Angus McLeod, aged 30, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1774; Duncan McLeod, aged 25, arrived in North Carolina, America, in 1813 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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