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Neist Point

Neist Point

11.52km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Neist Point is a viewpoint on the most westerly point of Isle of Skye. Neist Point Lighthouse has been located there since 1909. Whales, dolphins, porpoises, and basking shark can be seen from the point.

The Storr

The Storr

25.19km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

The Storr is a rocky hill on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face and gentler grassy slopes to the west. The area in front of the cliffs of the Storr is known as the Sanctuary. This has a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remnants of ancient landslips. Most day-trippers wander around the Sanctuary, admiring the pinnacles and gazing up at the Storr's eastern cliffs. Walkers can easily ascend to the summit as well. The S

Skye Museum of Island Life

Skye Museum of Island Life

27km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

The Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in Kilmuir, Skye, Scotland, dedicated to preserving a township of thatched cottages as they would have been on Skye at the end of the 18th century.

Quiraing

Quiraing

29.1km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

The Quiraing is a landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The whole of the Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips; the Quiraing is the only part of the slip still moving – the road at its base, near Flodigarry, requires repairs each year.

Fairy Pools

Fairy Pools

29.69km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

The Fairy Pools are a natural waterfall in Glen Brittle on the Isle of Skye. The pools are a vivid blue and are a popular place for wild swimmers who brave the cold waters. The habitat of the Fairy Pools hosts a variety of animals, such as red deer, rabbits, and sheep.

Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls

Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls

30.8km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

The spectacular 55 metres (180 ft) tall sea-cliffs of Kilt Rock are made of dolerite rock strata in many different colours. Kilt Rock boasts a dramatic waterfall- Mealt Falls, created from the outflow of Loch Mealt. Mealt Falls plummets from the top of the cliffs to the rock-laden coast below.

Bealach na Ba (Pass of the Cattle)

Bealach na Ba (Pass of the Cattle)

53.34km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Bealach na Bà is a winding single track road through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands. The historic mountain pass was built in 1822 and is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. The name is Scottish Gaelic for Pass of the Cattle, as it was historically used as a drovers' road.

Eilean Donan

Eilean Donan

67.26km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Eilean Donan is a small tidal island where three sea lakes meet. Eilean Donan Castle which frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island. The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan MacRae. A footbridge connects the island to the mainland.

Liathach

Liathach

67.77km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Liathach is a mountain in the Torridon Hills. At a height of 3,461 feet (1,055 m), it lies in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. When seen from the roadside below, its slopes appear to rise up in a series of near vertical rocky terraces. The traverse of the hill including both of its peaks is a challenging expedition; the intervening ridge is for the most part a series of rocky pinnacles. There are few places on the ridge for descent, so once committed, the hiker has little choice but to compl

Inverewe Garden

Inverewe Garden

69.45km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in the Scottish Highlands. It is noted for the breadth of its collection. The garden was created from barren land in 1862 by Osgood Mackenzie on the 850-hectare (2,100-acre) estate bought for him by his mother. In order to provide a wind break and soil, he planted a mixture of large trees and shrubs. Having done so his vision was to grow as many exotic plants as possible; this he achieved until his death in 1922.

Beinn Eighe

Beinn Eighe

71.16km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Beinn Eighe is a complex mountain massif in the Torridon area of Wester Ross in the Highlands of Scotland. It forms a long ridge with many spurs and summits, and it has a cap of Cambrian basal quartzite which gives the peaks of Beinn Eighe a distinctive light color. Its complex topography has made it popular with both hikers and climbers.

Muck Island

Muck Island

71.35km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Muck is the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The larger part of the island is formed from olivine-phyric basalt flows erupted during the Palaeocene.

An Teallach

An Teallach

87.96km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

An Teallach is a complex mountain massif, with ten distinct summits over 3,000 feet (914.4 m). An Teallach means 'The Anvil' or 'The Forge' in Scottish Gaelic. An Teallach has terraced sides riven with steep gullies and a sharp rocky summit crest. The steepest section, known as Corrag Bhuidhe has an overhanging pinnacle known as Lord Berkeley's Seat.

Glenfinnan Viaduct

Glenfinnan Viaduct

94.47km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

A railway viaduct on the West Highland Line. The viaduct is built from mass concrete, and has 21 semicircular spans of 50 feet (15 m). It is the longest concrete railway bridge in Scotland at 416 yards (380 m). Glenfinnan Viaduct has been used as a location in several films and television series, most natably in four of the Harry Potter films.

The Mull Museum

The Mull Museum

97.07km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

This is a smal museum on the Isle of Mull filled with interesting objects and displays of island life. Its exhibits include fossils, Standing Stones, a Spanish Galleon as well as crafting and a Second World War display.

Aros Park

Aros Park

98.72km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Aros Park is a park and an area of woodland managed by the Forestry Commission on the outskirts of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull and has an elevation of 105 feet. . Trails wander through attractive woodland, lush with ferns and waterfalls. A look-out at Alainn View that will lift you high into the tree tops.

Corrieshalloch Gorge National Nature Reserve

Corrieshalloch Gorge National Nature Reserve

99.38km from Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Corrieshalloch Gorge is a gorge situated about 20 km south of Ullapool, near Braemore in the Scottish Highlands. The gorge is approximately 1.5 km long, 60 m deep, and 10 m wide at its lip. The 46 meter-high Falls of Measach can be viewed from a viewing platform and a Victorian suspension footbridge.

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Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

Dunvegan Castle & Gardens

MacLeod Estate, Dunvegan House, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye IV55 8WF, UK

Dunvegan castle is built on an elevated rock overlooking an inlet on the eastern shore of Lake Dunvegan. 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. It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod.