Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt By MacLain Castle On History Visit To Ardnamurchan Peninsula Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K early Autumn travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and and Sporran and walking by a MacLain Castle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to coast of Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Britain, United Kingdom. A 13th century fortress perched on a rocky volcanic outcrop overlooking the Sound of Mull, located near the village of Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula of Scotland. Built originally as a strategic stronghold and later serving as the long-time seat of Clan MacIain, the castle has witnessed centuries of clan warfare, royal sieges. The site was likely used in Viking times, but the stone fortification was built between 1265 and 1295 by the MacDougals of Lorne. After the MacDougals opposed Robert the Bruce, the lands were handed over to Clan MacIain, a sept of the Clan MacDonald and Lords of the Isles, who made it their seat for over 300 years. In the late 15th century, King James IV used the castle to fight Clan Donald. The MacIains later fell out of favor, leading to the castle being besieged and burned by rivals. In 1588 a ship from the Spanish Armada, the San Juan de Sicilia, landed nearby, and its troops were used by the MacLeans of Duart to help besiege the castle for three days. The royalist Alasdair mac Colla captured the castle from a Covenanter garrison in 1644, though Covenanted general David Leslie retook it a few years later. The Clan Campbell and Earls of Argyll later took control, eventually adding a Georgian block inside the medieval walls that housed government troops during the 1745 Jacobite Rising. The castle was abandoned in the early 19th century. Clan MacLean, also historically spelled Maclaine or Maclain, is one of the oldest and most formidable Gaelic Highland clans in Scotland, with a rich martial history dating back to the 13th century on the Isle of Mull and the Inner Hebrides. The name translates from Scottish Gaelic as " son of the servant of St. John " or " son of Gilleain. " Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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