What is recorded here

Dunrobin Castle: Ardmore Islands, Islay, Atlantic was a nineteenth-century schooner, small enough to handle and strong enough to trust. The name suggests a castle, but the sea does not care about grandeur; it only measures whether the keel cuts water and the sails catch wind. Islay and the Atlantic gave the ship its workload, while Argyll and Bute gave it a home port. The castle in the title may have been a joke, a compliment or a wish, but the ship still answered to the ocean.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunrobin Castle: Ardmore Islands, Islay, Atlantic as Schooner (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Dunrobin Castle on the Ardmore Islands, Islay, was built in the 19th century as a summer residence by the Mackenzie family, who were prominent Scottish clan leaders and landowners. It is remembered for its strategic location and as an example of Scottish island architecture and aristocratic retreats during the Victorian era.

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