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Dunscaith Castle also known as Dun Sgathaich Castle, Dun Scaich, and Tokavaig is a Castle in the north of Scotland. Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by Kenneth I 843 Area - Total 78...
 An artists impression of how Dunscaith Castle is believed to have once looked  Dunscaith Castle, side view
History The castle itself sits on an off-shore rock. The rock rises 40 feet above sea level and there is a gap of 20 feet between the rock and the mainland. The gap was once spanned by a walled bridge with arches 6 feet apart. This stone walled bridge then led onto a drawbridge, the pivit holes for which are still visible on the far side. Once on the other side of the drawbridge a door opened to a flightof stairs which was also sided by two walls. The flight of stairs led up to the castle.
Parts of the castle curtain wall still survive on the cliff edge but most of the inner buildings have gone. The curtain wall was about 5 ft thick. In the courtyard is a well and the remains of a stairway which once led up a tower.
Originally the castle belonged to the Clan MacDonald of Sleat who were a branch of the Clan Donald or MacDonald. At some time in the 14th century it was taken from them by the Clan MacLeod and held briefly by the MacAskills, allies of the MacLeods but it was recaptured by the MacDonalds sometime in the 15th century. Clan MacDonald of Sleat crest:Per mare per terras (By sea and by land) The Clan MacDonald of Sleat is a Highland Scottish clan and is a branch of the Clan Donald or MacDonald. ...
The Donald Clan Crest. ...
MacLeod Crest. ...
In the 15th century the castle was again captured by King James I of Scotland when the Chief of the Clan Donald, Lord of the Isles was broken by King James I. The Macdonalds were allowed to keep possesion of the castle. The MacDonalds abandoned the castle in the early 17th century. James I James I (December 10, 1394 – February 21, 1437) reigned as king of Scotland from April 4, 1406 until February 21, 1437. ...
The Donald Clan Crest. ...
Lord of the Isles, now a Scottish title of nobility, originally referred to a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea-power with fleets of galleys. ...
Castle Location Sleat is a peninsula on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. ...
The Highland area (Roinn na GÃ idhealtachd in Gaelic) is a unitary authority area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest administrative region in Scotland. ...
Skye and Lochalsh was formerly (1975-96) a local government district in the Highland Region of Scotland, comprising the islands of Skye and Raasay, and the mainland area heading inland from Kyle of Lochalsh. ...
The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na GÃ idhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ...
Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by Kenneth I 843 Area - Total 78...
See Also Castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle in Scotland. ...
The Donald Clan Crest. ...
MacLeod Crest. ...
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