 With the evaporation of Norwegian sovereignty in the Hebrides after 1263, Alexander III appears to have retaken the castle.Late in 1306, the embattled Robert I, King of Scotland seems to have fled to the safety of Dunaverty Castle.According to "The Bruce", the king was harboured there for three days by Aonghus Óg Mac Domhnaill, before sailing off to Rathlin Island.