Lonemore, Sutherland is near the castle overlooking what firth?
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Lonemore, Sutherland Lonemore (Scottish Gaelic: "An Lòn Mòr" ) is a village on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Skibo Castle is located 0.5 miles to the northwest.
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Skibo Castle Skibo Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Sgìobail) is located to the west of Dornoch in the Highland county of Sutherland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Although largely of the 19th century, and early 20th century, when it was the home of industrialist Andrew Carnegie. It is now operated as The Carnegie Club, a members-only residential club, offering members and their guests accommodation in both the castle and estate lodges, a private links golf course and a range of activities including clay pigeon shooting, tennis and horse riding.
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Dalcross Castle Dalcross Castle is a restored 17th century tower house, about 1.5 mi south west of Croy, Highland, Scotland, about 7 mi north and east of Inverness. The castle stands on a ridge.
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Craigleith Craigleith (Scottish Gaelic: "Creag Lìte" ) is a small island in the Firth of Forth off North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic "Creag Lìte" meaning "rock of Leith". It is 24 m at its highest point.
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Findlater Castle Findlater Castle is the old seat of the Earls of Findlater and Seafield, sitting on a 50 ft -high cliff overlooking the Moray Firth on the coast of Banff and Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies about 15 km west of Banff, near the village of Sandend, between Cullen and Portsoy. The cliffs here contain quartz; the name "Findlater" is derived not from Norse as earlier stated here, but from the Scots Gaelic words "fionn" ("white") and "leitir" ("cliff or steep slope"). The first historical reference to the castle is from 1246. King Alexander III of Scotland repaired this castle in the 1260s in preparation for an invasion by King Haakon IV of Norway. The Vikings took and held the castle for some time. The castle remains that are still there are from the 14th-century rebuilding, when the castle was redesigned based on the Roslyn Castle model.
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Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde The Holy Isle (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean MoLaise) is one of a number of islands in the United Kingdom which go under the name "Holy Island". It is located in the Firth of Clyde off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the larger island of Arran. The island is around 3 km long and around 1 km wide. Its highest point is the hill Mullach Mòr.
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Kildonan Castle Kildonan Castle stands in the small village of Kildonan on the southern coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. The castle's name is derived from the name of a former resident, Saint Donan, who is said to be buried on the island.
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Castle Varrich Castle Varrich (Scottish Gaelic: "Caisteal Bharraich" ) is in the far north of the Scottish Highlands, near the village of Tongue. The castle is on a local high point of rock, overlooking both the Kyle of Tongue and the village of Tongue. The castle's precise origins and age are unknown.
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Hume Castle Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family, Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home. The village of Hume is located between Greenlaw and Kelso, two miles north of the village of Stichill, in Berwickshire, Scotland. (OS ref.- NT704413). It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, recorded as such by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS).
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Torrisdale, Sutherland Torrisdale is a remote hamlet on the western shore Torrisdale Bay in Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 3 km west of Bettyhill.
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Culzean Castle Culzean Castle ( , see yogh; Scots: "Cullain" ) is a castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The clifftop castle lies within the Culzean Castle Country Park and is opened to the public.
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Kilravock Castle Kilravock Castle (pronounced "Kilrawk") is located near the village of Croy, between Inverness and Nairn, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It was begun around 1460, and has been the seat of the Clan Rose since that time. The castle is a composite of a 15th-century tower house and several later additions. The original name for the castle was "Cill Rathaig"; Scottish Gaelic meaning "church at the small circular fort".
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Dalmeny House Dalmeny House is a Gothic revival mansion located in an estate close to Dalmeny on the Firth of Forth, to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was designed by William Wilkins, and completed in 1817. Dalmeny House is the home of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery. The house was the first in Scotland to be built in the Tudor Revival style. It provided more comfortable accommodation than the former ancestral residence, Barnbougle Castle, which still stands close by. Dalmeny today remains a private house, although it is open to the public during the summer months. The house is protected as a category A listed building, while the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
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Eilean Choraidh Eilean Choraidh, also known as Horse Island is an island in Loch Eriboll in Sutherland on the north coast of Scotland. It is about 26 ha in extent and the highest point is 26 m above sea level.
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Dalmore distillery "The Dalmore" Distillery is located in Alness, which is 20 miles North of Inverness. It sits on the banks of the Cromarty Firth overlooking the Black Isle, the "big meadowland", from which it takes its name.
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Loch Sween Loch Sween is a sea loch located near Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Castle Sween is located on the southern shore towards the seaward end of the loch. The village of Tayvallich, a favoured haven for water craft as it sits at the head of sheltered Loch a' Bhealaich, lies on the northern shore.
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Lochend Castle, Campbeltown Lochend Castle (Scottish Gaelic: "Caislen Cean Loch" , Anglicised "Castle of the loch end"), was a castle located at Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute. The castle once stood at the top of Castlehill, Campbeltown and was once occupied by Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg.
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Linsidemore Linsidemore (Scottish Gaelic: "Lianasaid Mhòr" ) is a village on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is about 3 miles northwest of Invershin and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
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Dunaverty Castle Dunaverty Castle is located at Southend at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula in western Scotland. The site was once a fort belonging to the Clan Donald (MacDonald). Little remains of the castle, although the site is protected as a scheduled monument.
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Carrick Castle Carrick Castle is a 15th-century tower house on the west shore of Loch Goil on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located between Cuilmuich and Carrick, 4 mi south of Lochgoilhead.
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Burghead Burghead (Scots: "Burgheid" or "The Broch", Scottish Gaelic: "Am Broch" ) is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 mi north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, meaning that most of the town has sea on 3 sides.
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Dairsie Castle Dairsie Castle is a restored tower house located 1.3 km south of Dairsie in north-east Fife, Scotland. The castle overlooks the River Eden.