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Discover castles in the Scottish Highlands. Explore mountain fortresses, clan strongholds, and dramatic landscapes in the most iconic region of northern Scotland.
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Explore Dunrobin Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links. Dunrobin Castle is the ancestral home of the Earls and later Dukes of Sutherland,one of the most influential families in Scottish history.
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Explore Sinclair Girnigoe Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.Perched dramatically on a narrow sea cliff just north of Wick in Caithness, Sinclair Girnigoe Castle is one of the most spectacular castle ruins in Scotland.
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Explore Old Inverlochy Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.Old Inverlochy Castle is one of the finest surviving medieval castles in Scotland. Located on the outskirts of Fort William in the Highlands, at the foot of Ben Nevis
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Explore Urquhart Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.Few castles in Scotland enjoy a more spectacular setting than Urquhart Castle. Standing on the shores of Loch Ness in the heart of the Highlands.
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Explore Thurso Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.Thurso Castle stands at Thurso East, close to the mouth of the River Thurso and the Pentland Firth. From across the river.
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Explore Eilean Donan Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.Eilean Donan Castle is one of those places that immediately evokes Scotland. Even if you've never been to the Highlands
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Explore Caisteal Maol in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.
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Explore Keiss Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.Keiss Castle stands on the Caithness coast, less than a mile north of the village of Keiss.
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Explore Duntulm Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.
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Explore Balvenie Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.Nestled among the rolling green hills of Speyside, near the town of Dufftown, lie the atmospheric ruins of Balvenie Castle.
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Explore Duffus Castle in the Highlands, Scotland, with history, visitor context, photos and regional map links.Standing proudly on the flat landscape of Moray near Elgin, Duffus Castle is one of Scotland’s finest examples of a motte-and-bailey castle.