Eilean Dearg, Loch Ruel — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Eilean Dearg is a small island in Loch Ruel, Argyll and Bute, where medieval castle and chapel features still stand beside possible older vitrified stone. The red name fits the place, because fire, stone and water have all touched it. A flint scraper survived there, suggesting people worked the island long before the medieval buildings rose. It remains a quiet warning that human life keeps layering itself across water and time.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eilean Dearg, Loch Ruel as Castle (medieval), Chapel (medieval), Fort (period Unassigned)(possible), Vitrified Stone (period Unassigned), Scraper (tool) (flint)(period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Eilean Dearg, Loch Ruel is a medieval castle site associated with Clan MacGregor, likely constructed in the 16th century. It is remembered for its strategic location and historical significance in the context of clan conflicts in the Scottish Highlands.

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