Dunvegan Castle

Dunvegan Castle (Caisteal Dhùn Bheagain) is located 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod. Probably a fortified site from the earliest times, the castle was first built in the 13th century and developed piecemeal over the centuries. In the 19th century the whole castle was remodelled in a mock-medieval style. The castle is built on an elevated rock overlooking an inlet on the eastern shore of Loch Dunvegan, a sea loch.

This castle hosts a treasure hunt for kids where they have to find hidden keys in the castle to get tatoos of the castle. The keys are 15.

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Dunvegan Castle ranks #443 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 167 mapped in Scotland. Founded 1220, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 825 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 12,039 times in the last 60 days, more than 94% of the atlas. It is one of the 57 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Scottish Highlands. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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