Dunstaffnage Castle.

Dunstaffnage Castle is a castle ruin of Argyllshire, Scotland, 3 mi. N.N.E. of Oban. It is situated on a platform of conglomerate rock forming a promontory at the south-west of the entrance to Loch Etive and is surrounded on three sides by the sea. It dates from the 13th century, occupying the site of the earlier stronghold in which was kept the Stone of Destiny prior to its removal to Scone Palace in 843. The castle is a quadrangular structure of great strength, with rounded towers at three of the angles, and has a circumference of about 400 ft. The walls are 60 feet high and 10 feet thick, affording a safe promenade, which commands a splendid view. Brass cannon recovered from wrecked vessels of the Spanish Armada are mounted on the walls. Image File history File links Dunstaffnage_Castle. ... Image File history File links Dunstaffnage_Castle. ... The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle, Wales. ... For the fictional DC Comics supervillian, see Ruin For the Metal Band, see Ruin For the Japanese drum-bass duo, see Ruins (band) Rocky landscape with ruins, by Nicolaes Berchem, ca. ... Argyll, sometimes called Argyllshire, is one of the traditional counties of Scotland. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Oban fron Oban harbour Oban (An t-Obhan in Gaelic) is a resort town in Argyll, Scotland with a population of around 12,000. ... Loch Etive is a 30 km sea loch in the Highlands of Scotland. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... The Stone of Scone, (pronounced scoon) also commonly known as the Stone of Destiny or the Coronation Stone (though the former name sometimes refers to Lia Fáil) is a block of sandstone historically kept at the now-ruined abbey in Scone, near Perth, Scotland. ... Scone Palace is a palace near Perth, in Scotland built 1802-1812. ... Combatants England, The Netherlands Spain Commanders Charles Howard Francis Drake Duke of Medina Sidonia Strength 34 warships 163 merchant vessels 22 galleons 108 merchant vessels Casualties 500 dead or wounded 600 dead, 397 prisoners 3 merchant ships sunk 1 merchant ship captured {{{notes}}} The Spanish Armada or Great/Grand Armada...

In 1308 Robert the Bruce captured the fortress from the original owners, the MacDougalls, and gave it to the Campbells. It was garrisoned at the period of the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745, fell into decay early in the 19th century, and is now the property of the crown, the duke of Argyll being hereditary keeper. The adjoining chapel, in a very ruinous state, was the burial-place of the Campbells of Dunstaffnage. Robert I, (Roibert a Briuis in medieval Gaelic, Raibeart Bruis in modern Scottish Gaelic and Robert de Brus in Norman French), usually known in modern English today as Robert the Bruce (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329), was King of Scotland (1306 – 1329). ... This article concerns the political movement supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart, not the earlier Jacobean period. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There are other interesting places on Loch Etive, an arm of the sea, measuring 19 3/4 mi. in length and from 3/4 mi. to fully 1 mi. in width. Near the mouth, where the lake narrows to a strait, are the rapids which Ossian called the Falls of Lora, the ebbing and flowing tides, as they rush over the rocky bar, creating a roaring noise audible at a considerable distance. In the parish of Ardchattan, on the north shore, stands the beautiful ruin of St. Modan's Priory, founded in the 13th century for Cistercian monks of the order of Vallis Caulium. It is said that Robert Bruce held within its walls the last parliament in which the Gaelic language was used. On the coast of Loch Nell, or Ardmucknish Bay, is the vitrified fort of Beregonium, not to be confdunded with Rerigonium (sometimes miscalled Berigonium) on Loch Ryan in Wigtownshire town of the Novantae Picts, identified with Innermessan. The confusion has arisen through a textual error in an early edition of Ptolemys Geography. Ossians dream, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1813 Ossian is the anglicised form of the Gaelic name Oisín, son of Fionn mac Cumhail, a poet and warrior of the fianna in the Fenian Cycle of Gaelic literature. ... The Falls of Lora is a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. ... The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ... Loch Ryan is a Scottish sea loch that furnishes a natural sheltered anchorage for ships. ... Wigtownshire is a small traditional county in the south west of Scotland. ... Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German styling, in a 16th century engraved book frontispiece. ...

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