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    Castle Leod is the seat of the Clan Mackenzie. It is a category A listed building, and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed...
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  • Leod (Scottish Gaelic: Leòd; Old Norse: Ljótr) (c. 1200 – 1280) was the eponymous ancestor and founder of Clan MacLeod and Clan MacLeod of Lewis. Almost...
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  • functions, and events of all kinds. Coal like material was found near Castle Leod in the 1700s and was worked for a short time. The material was evaluated...
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    descent from Leòd, a Norse-Gael who lived in the 13th century. Today, Clan MacLeod of The Lewes, Clan MacLeod of Raasay, and Clan MacLeod are represented...
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    Gabaldon. The Seat of the Clan Mackenzie, Castle Leod is widely considered to be the inspiration behind Castle Leoch, the home of the Clan Mackenzie, in...
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  • said that the chiefs of the clan have been seated at Dunvegan Castle since the time of Leod, and this on the Isle of Skye where for centuries they were...
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    Tarbat, 5th Baron MacLeod of Castle Leod, and 5th Earl of Cromartie on 13 December 1989. The seat of the Earl is at Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire...
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    the Peerage of the United Kingdom in her own right as Baroness MacLeod, of Castle Leod in the County of Cromartie, Baroness Castlehaven, of Castlehaven...
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    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...
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    his father Olvir and describes the clan as Sliochd Olbhur. Tradition gave Leod two sons, Tormod - progenitor of the Macleods of Harris and Dunvegan (Sìol...
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    had his wife live with her mother-in-law and several sisters-in-law at Castle Leod. By 1733, the couple were separated, and remained apart from one another...
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  • shinty club in Scotland which groundshares with a cricket club, sharing Castle Leod with Ross County C.C. Another notable player of recent times is Kevin...
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    Clan Ross (section Castles)
    been buried in Westminster. In 1689, 100 men of the Clan Ross occupied Castle Leod to watch for movements of the Jacobite Mackenzies. In 1715, during the...
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  • of Castlehaven, 4th Viscount Tarbat, of Tarbat, 4th Baron Macleod of Castle Leod, and 4th Earl of Cromartie on 20 May 1962. In 1979, Blunt-Mackenzie was...
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  • and Arms of MacLeod, in Scotland and the United Kingdom, by the Court of the Lord Lyon. On 12 February 2007, Hugh inherited Dunvegan Castle, the ancient...
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  • lord, and son of Leod, the traditional founder and eponymous ancestor of Clan MacLeod. Little is known about Tormod; like his father Leod, he does not appear...
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    of Castlehaven, 2nd Viscount Tarbat, of Tarbat, 2nd Baron Macleod of Castle Leod, and 2nd Earl of Cromartie on 25 November 1888. In 1879, Blunt-Mackenzie...
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    John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod (1727 – 2 April 1789) was a Scottish Jacobite politician and soldier of fortune. Born at Castle Leod near Strathpeffer, Scotland...
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    The building was an L-plan castle with the kitchen on the first floor, and seems to have been similar in layout to Castle Leod and other Mackenzie residences...
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  • This is a list of castles in the Highland council area of Scotland. Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Highland...
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  • Leod Macgilleandrais is purported to have been a 14th-century Scotsman who lived in the north-west of Scotland. He is known from clan traditions which...
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    Dunscaith Castle also known as Dun Scaich, Dun Sgathaich Castle and Tokavaig, is a ruined castle on the coast of the Isle of Skye, in the north-west of...
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    300 Castle Leod or Strathpeffer Barony Easter Ross south Fodderty 57°36′N 4°29′W / 57.60°N 4.49°W / 57.60; -4.49 (21: Strathpeffer or Castle Leod) 93 S...
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  • Tormod was a grandson of Leod, founder of the clan; that Tormod's father, also named Tormod, died before Leod, and thus when Leod died the chiefship skipped...
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    two sons and a daughter. Her grandfather, Captain John Mackenzie of Castle Leod (great-grandson of George Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth), purchased...
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    own right, Baroness Castlehaven, of Castlehaven, Baroness Macleod, of Castle Leod, Viscountess Tarbat, of Tarbat, all in the County of Cromarty, and Countess...
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    the slopes above Strath Peffer. Achterneed lies within the environs of Castle Leod, seat of the Earl of Cromartie, and within two miles of Strathpeffer...
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    meaning "son of Leòd", derived from the Old Norse Liótr ("ugly"). One of the earliest occurrences of the surname is of Gillandres MacLeod, in 1227. There...
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  • John MacLeod of MacLeod, born John Wolrige-Gordon (10 August 1935 – 12 February 2007) was the 29th Chief of Clan MacLeod. Faced with the need for expensive...
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    August 2008. Way of Plean; Squire (2000), p. 40. "Site Record for Dolphiston Castle Details Details". Canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2012. "Clan...
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