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Eilean Donan () is a small tidal island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland; since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about from the village of Dornie. Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person, but there were no "usual residents" at the time of the 2011 census.

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  • Eilean Donan
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  • Eilean Donan () is a small tidal island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland; since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about from the village of Dornie. Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person, but there were no "usual residents" at the time of the 2011 census.
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island group
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  • centre
celtic name
  • Eilean Donnain
Caption
  • Eilean Donan shown within Ross and Cromarty
  • Following reconstruction in the 20th century
  • Addition of the "hornwork" in the later 16th century
  • The 13th-century curtain wall enclosed most of the island
  • The smaller enclosure in the 15th century, and the 16th-century buildings
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  • 200(xsd:integer)
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  • 0(xsd:integer)
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  • Development of Eilean Donan Castle
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  • Eilean Donan plan 1.png
  • Eilean Donan plan 2.png
  • Eilean Donan plan 3.png
  • Eilean Donan plan 4.png
location map
  • Scotland Ross and Cromarty
Latitude
  • 57(xsd:double)
meaning of name
  • Island of Donnán
Longitude
  • -5(xsd:double)
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  • Eilean Donan Castle
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  • NG880260
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  • Eilean Donan () is a small tidal island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland; since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about from the village of Dornie. Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person, but there were no "usual residents" at the time of the 2011 census. Eilean Donan, which means simply "island of Donnán", is named after Donnán of Eigg, a Celtic saint martyred in 617. Donnán is said to have established a church on the island, though no trace of this remains. The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan Macrae. In the early eighteenth century the Mackenzies' involvement in the Jacobite rebellions led in 1719 to the castle's destruction by government ships. Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap's twentieth-century reconstruction of the ruins produced the present buildings.
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