Finlaggan Castle
| Finlaggan Castle | ||
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 View to the southwest along Loch Finlaggan with the ruins of the buildings around Finlaggan Castle on the island of Eilean Mòr in Loch Finlaggan on the island of Islay |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Ballygrant | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 50 '8 " N , 6 ° 10' 21" W | |
| Height: | 52 m ASL | |
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Finlaggan Castle , also Eilean Mòr Castle , is a ruined castle on the island of Eilean Mòr in Finlaggan Loch , about 2 km northwest of Ballygrant on the island of Islay , part of the Scottish administrative unit Argyll and Bute . The fortified house was once the residence and fortress of the Lords of the Isles and the MacDonald clan .
The building was built in the 13th century from masonry, probably on the remains of an Iron Age fort . Finlaggan Castle served as a courthouse for the Lords of the Isles. Iain MacDonald, 3rd of Dunnyveg , and his son Iain Cathanach MacDonald were imprisoned at Finleggan Castle through the deception of MacIain of Ardnamurchan for the execution of the royal governor of Dunaverty Castle . These two and three grandchildren of Iain MacDonald were later tried and hung in Burgh Muir near Edinburgh . In 1541 Donald MacGilleasbuig held Finleggan Castle for the crown. The fortified house appears to have been destroyed in the 16th century.
Web links and sources
- Finlaggan Trust website. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- Finlaggan Castle . In: Canmore . The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved July 20, 2017.