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Limited edition prints of Eilean Donan Castle Eilean Donan Castle / one . Picture ref EDC1 Eilean Donan means Island on Donan.Eileen Donan was Clan MacKenzie's most important stronghold from the 13th Century until it was destroyed in 1719. Robert the Bruce was given refuge in Eilean Donan Castle by John MacKenzie, Second of Kintail when he was being hunted by the English at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Over the portcullis at the entrance is a Gaelic inscription which translates as: As long as there is a MacRae inside, there will never be a Fraser outside. Inside the courtyard is the famous Murchison Stone with an inscription about John Murchison of Auchtertyre who was killed in the Battle of Sherrifmuir in 1715. In the upper floor inside the castle there are six bedrooms named - Loch Alsh,Loch Long, Eilean Donan, Ballimore, Loch Duich and Conchra. There is also a panel with the names of the constables of the castle carved on it
This
castle was built in 1220 and owned by the MacKenzies of
Kintail. In 1719 it was held by Spanish Jacobites. Three
English frigates attacked the castle and left it in ruins.
In 1912 work started on restoring the castle over a period
of twenty years at a cost of a quarter of a million pounds.
More recently the castle featured in the new Bond movie.
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