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Long drop in Kisimul Castle

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Long drop in Kisimul Castle
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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.

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Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0