
What is recorded here
Kisimuil Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland. Perhaps sea winds stripped its walls to bare stone while people forgot the name of its keeper. Maybe a lantern still burns inside the ruin, guiding boats that no longer exist. Imagine standing at its edge, hearing water impact on rock and wondering whether the castle is watching back.
A named place photographed at this map point in Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Kisimuil Castle was a 16th-century tower house built by the Macleod clan of Harris. It is remembered as a historic stronghold reflecting the power and influence of the Macleods in the Western Isles during the early modern period.
Places near here
Kisimul Castle with moon and reflectionCastle, fort or tower · 1 yd
Caisteal ChiosmuilCastle · 7 yd
Chapel and mortuary at KisimulChurch, cross or graveyard · 11 yd
Barra, Castlebay, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 208 yd
Heaval Island of BarraIsland · 646 yd
Bàgh BeagBay · 1119 yd
Rough hill ground east of CastlebayMountain or hill · 1153 yd
Seat at the Barra War MemorialHeritage place · 1525 yd
Barra War Memorial - WWIHeritage place · 1537 yd
HeabhalMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Port Tuath an UidheBay · 1.2 mi
Beach, Uidhe BhatarsaighBeach · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0