Dunollie Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Dhùn Ollaigh) is a small ruined castle located on a hill north of the town of Oban, on the west coast of Scotland...
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Dunollie may refer to: Dunollie Castle, a castle in Scotland Dunollie, New Zealand, a town in the West Coast Region This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Clan MacDougall (redirect from MacDougalls of Dunollie)
Whilst on the islands they built Aros Castle, Cairnburgh Castle, Dunchonnel Castle and Coeffin Castle. Dunollie Castle is believed to have been fortified...
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along with several other castles in the area, including the MacDougall stronghold of Dunollie Castle near Oban. Duntrune Castle was eventually taken by...
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of cave dwellers found in the town. Just outside the town, stands Dunollie Castle, on a site that overlooks the main entrance to the bay and has been...
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nowadays exhibited in the Dunollie Castle museum and grounds run by the MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust. The Dunollie Preservation Trust, established...
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Dál Riata) Dun Na Cuaiche, Tower (Inveraray) Dunollie Castle Dun Skeig (Iron Age forts) Dunstaffnage Castle Dunstaffnage Chapel Easdale Island (Former slate...
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locations in Scotland, including Ardnacallich, Dunollie Castle, Loch Fyne, Muchalls Castle, Tulloch Castle, and in Wales at Caerphilly. A similar tale ("Ocean...
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Dunstaffnage Castle appears to have been the principal seat of Clann Dubgaill. Another fortified site associated with the family is Dunollie Castle, located...
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brooch was kept at Dunollie Castle until being moved to Gylen Castle on the island of Kerrera during the Covenanter Wars. The castle was captured and burned...
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Lismore for the mainland to build Dunollie Castle. By 1452 The Bishop of Argyll seems to have had possession of Achanduin Castle and for a short time occupied...
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walls," Yarrow Revisited, and other Poems 1835 Eagles. Composed at Dunollie Castle in the Bay of Oban 1831 "Dishonoured Rock and Ruin! that, by law" Yarrow...
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in an effort to maintain peace in the western reaches of his realm. Dunollie Castle was the seat of the sheriff. Alasdair Mac Dubhghaill 1293-1306 Archibald...
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a list of castles in Argyll and Bute. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castles in Argyll and Bute. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland...
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and barracks, but the royal castles of Edinburgh, Dumbarton and Stirling, along with Dunstaffnage, Dunollie and Ruthven Castle, also continued in use as...
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fortifications and other royal sites in Scotland, 1974–84: 2, Excavations at Dunollie Castle, Oban, Argyll, 1978, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 117 (1987), 73–101. Alcock...
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and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings...
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Category C(S) 11983 Upload Photo Dunollie Castle 56°25′36″N 5°29′05″W / 56.426534°N 5.484624°W / 56.426534; -5.484624 (Dunollie Castle) Category A 11990 Upload...
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Maiden Island lies just off the coast of mainland Scotland, west of Dunollie Castle and Camas Bàn. It is to the north of the narrow entrance to Oban Bay...
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made 25 sketches of the castle which are in the Tate Gallery, London. Most of the island is owned by the McDougalls of Dunollie, who are descended from...
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Edinburgh, Dumbarton and Stirling, along with Dunstaffnage, Dunollie, Blackness and Ruthven Castle, continued in use as practical fortifications. Tower houses...
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Covenanter army (under General Leslie) therefore burnt Gylen Castle down, which they also did to Dunollie. However, Archibald's son was a royalist, so the Campbells...
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veteran Irish troops along with some clan levies from the MacDougalls of Dunollie and the MacAulays of Ardincaple. The number of Campbells was possibly around...
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Gallda's apparently illegitimate son, and ancestor of later MacDougalls of Dunollie. The Stewarts of Innermeath were not the only family to lay claim to MacDougall...
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the effect that he married, first, Anna, daughter of John Macdougall of Dunollie, and, secondly, Margaret, daughter of Macdonald of Morar (a cadet of Macdonald...
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restaurants (including the Broadford Hotel, Harbour Restaurant, Claymore, Dunollie Hotel, Hebridean Hotel and Red Skye), and a youth hostel. The previous...
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