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Duntulm Castle
Duntulm, Scotland
A ruined clan stronghold on the clifftop at the northern tip of Trotternish.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
Duntulm was a seat of the MacDonalds and later the MacLeods, and the shell of the tower still stands above the sea. The ruin is unstable, so enjoy it from the fence. Look out over the Little Minch to the Outer Hebrides on a clear day.
Good to know
- Do not enter the ruin
- Combine with the Museum of Island Life at Kilmuir
- Best time
- Late afternoon
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Lay-by off the A855, short walk across grass
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
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