
What is recorded here
Atlantic storms may have battered the coast, yet no written fact names that sea or describes the castle walls. Brochel Castle stands as a medieval ruin on Raasay, recorded without a date, owner or surviving room. The missing details do not weaken the place; they refuse the false certainty of invented history.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Raasay, Brochel Castle as Castle (medieval). 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.
Built by the MacLeods of Raasay in the 16th century, Brochel Castle is remembered as a historic stronghold associated with the prominent Scottish clan and the strategic history of the Isle of Raasay.
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Places near here
Brochel CastleCastle · 8 yd
Raasay, BrochelHead Dyke (post Medieval), Township (period Unassigned) · 54 yd
Raasay Forest, RaasayHut Circle(s) (prehistoric)(possible) · 689 yd
Raasay, Loch Na BronnBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (post Medieval) · 1046 yd
An Rubha CrìonHeadland · 1.1 mi
Eaglais Breige, RaasayBank (earthwork) (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Manish IslandIsland · 1.7 mi
RaasayIsland · 1.7 mi
Meall DeargMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Beinn na h-IolaireMountain / peak · 2.7 mi
Griana-sgeirNamed rock · 3.2 mi
Tom CaveCave · 4.9 miOther information
Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0