What is recorded here
The Tower of Kisimul Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland. Perhaps the tower watched for ships or kept a family safe during storms. Maybe its stones still hold the heat of hands that built them. Imagine a person standing at the top, reading the sea for danger or for return.
A named place photographed at this map point in Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Clan MacNeil built Kisimul Castle in the 15th century as their ancestral seat on the Isle of Barra. It is important as one of the few remaining medieval tower houses in Scotland and a symbol of the island's Gaelic heritage.
Places near here
Carved crest at Kisimul CastleCastle, fort or tower · 11 yd
Kisimul Castle courtyardCastle, fort or tower · 11 yd
Chapel and mortuary at KisimulChurch, cross or graveyard · 31 yd
Barra, Castlebay, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 229 yd
Heaval Island of BarraIsland · 668 yd
Bàgh BeagBay · 1116 yd
Rough hill ground east of CastlebayMountain or hill · 1164 yd
Seat at the Barra War MemorialHeritage place · 1513 yd
Barra War Memorial - WWIHeritage place · 1525 yd
Port Tuath an UidheBay · 1.2 mi
HeabhalMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Beach, Uidhe BhatarsaighBeach · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Barbara Carr · CC BY-SA 2.0