What is recorded here
Knock Castle stands on Skye, an unclassified building in the Highland landscape. Its stones may have witnessed storms, births, arguments and quiet joy, though no date or name survives to confirm the life within. The castle still belongs to memory, waiting for someone brave enough to imagine what it kept.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skye, Knock Castle as Building (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.
Knock Castle on Skye was built by the Macdonalds of Clanranald in the 16th century. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the Western Isles and a symbol of the clan's influence in the region.
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Places near here
Knock CastleCastle · 49 yd
Torabhaig DistilleryHeritage attraction · 361 yd
Sleat War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
Bràigh an Ùird ForestForest · 1.5 mi
Maol BuidheMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Cnoc Bealach nan CasMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Rover's Bride: Camus Croise, Skye, Sound of SleatSmack (19th Century) · 2.3 mi
Sound of SleatBay · 2.6 mi
Coill' a' GhasgainWood · 2.8 mi
Skye, Isleornsay, Allt Duisdale, Hump-backed BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 2.9 mi
Àird GhunailHeadland · 2.9 mi
IsleornsayKelp Grid (period Unassigned) · 2.9 mi