Everything about Mingarry totally explained
Mingarry Castle (or
Mingary Castle) (
Caisteal Mhìogharraidh in
Gaelic) is a
castle situated a mile south-east of the small village of
Kilchoan in
Lochaber,
Scotland. Nestled on ridge of rock overlooking the sea, it was considered a strategically important site in terms of communication with overseas areas and as an entranceway to the
Sound of Mull. The castle fell into ruin about 600 years after its construction in the
13th century; the majority of the building, however, dates from much later than this, from the
17th century onwards. Mingarry is roughly
hexagonal in shape with nine-foot-thick
walls, thicker on the seaward side.
Originally built for the
Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan (also known as
MacIain of Ardnamurchan), the castle has had many different occupants. King
James IV of Scotland used it as a stronghold for fighting off
Clan Donald in the late
15th century.
In 1515 the castle was besieged by the
Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh and again two years later when they finally took the castle.
In 1588 the chief of the
Clan MacLean of
Duart Castle resided there after capturing the chief of the Clan MacIain of Ardnamurchan. He fought off a Spanish
galleon,
The Florida, from the castle.
Other occupants over the years included the
Clan Campbell, the
Earls of Argyll (in
1612), and
Alasdair Colkitto MacDonald who fought the
English Parliamentarians of
Oliver Cromwell in
1644.
In
2006 a
Channel 4 television programme "
Wreck Detectives" set out to uncover a shipwreck in the Sound of Mull, directly below the castle. The wreck was finally dated to 1644 in the time of Alasdair MacDonald.
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