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Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland is a unique location of stunning beauty . The castle can be photographed from 3 different viewpoints – acroos the bay , from the car park or from the hillside overlooking the castle . All viewpoints give plenty of scope for beautiful pictures . I have photographed the castle many times and it always seems to look different each time I go there .The name Eilean Donan means Island of Donan ( a religious figure from the 12 th century ). Eilean Donan was Clan MacKenzie’s most important stronghold from the 13th Century until it was destroyed in 1719. Robert the Bruce was given refuge in Eilean Donan Castle by John MacKenzie, Second of Kintail when he was being hunted by the English at the beginning of the fourteenth century.In 1719 it was held by Spanish Jacobites. Three English frigates sailed into Loch Duich and bombarded the castle with cannon fire until it was totally ruined. The castle them lay in that state for nearly 200 years . In 1911 John MacRae-Gilstrap bought the castle and start work to restore the castle over a period of twenty years at a total cost of a quarter of a million pounds. Local materials were used wherever possible. More recently the castle featured in the film Highlander and a James Bond movie. Eilean Donan Castle is on an island in the middle of 3 lochs – Loch Alsh , Loch Long and Loch Duich – and surrounded by the mountains of the Highlands . If you climb the hill overlooking the castle you can see the Isle of Skye . The castle is next to the village of Dornie and about 10 miles from the Kyle of Lochalsh and the bridge to the Isle of Skye to the North . The castle is on the west coast of Scotland , about 90 miles north of Glencoe and about 180 miles from Edinburgh. My latest screensaver features 3 pictures of the castle at night. Two of the pictures are HDR images

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