
What is recorded here
Long drop in Kisimul Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland. Perhaps the long drop reveals itself only when someone jumps without thinking, carrying a secret or a name into water that does not return either. Maybe the castle keeps its distance because it knows the shape of forgotten things. Imagine standing at its edge, not afraid of height but afraid of remembering why you came.
A named place photographed at this map point in Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Kisimul Castle, including the notable feature known as the "Long Drop," was built by the MacNeils of Barra, a powerful clan in the Hebrides, around the 13th century. The castle is important as a historic stronghold of the Clan MacNeil and as one of the few remaining medieval stone castles in the Western Isles of Scotland.
Places near here
Landing stage Kisimul castle, Castlebay. BarraCastle, fort or tower · 1 yd
Kisimuil CastleCastle, fort or tower · 11 yd
Chapel and mortuary at KisimulChurch, cross or graveyard · 22 yd
Barra, Castlebay, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 207 yd
Heaval Island of BarraIsland · 655 yd
Bàgh BeagBay · 1108 yd
Rough hill ground east of CastlebayMountain or hill · 1164 yd
Seat at the Barra War MemorialHeritage place · 1514 yd
Barra War Memorial - WWIHeritage place · 1526 yd
HeabhalMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Port Tuath an UidheBay · 1.2 mi
Beach, Uidhe BhatarsaighBeach · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0