Calvay Castle

This article is about a castle on an islet in Loch Boisdale. For other uses, see Calvay (disambiguation).

Ruins of Calvay Castle

Calvay Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Calbhaigh) is a ruined castle on an islet close to the island of Calbhaigh, at the eastern approaches to Loch Boisdale, South Uist. The castle is linked by a causeway from Calbhaigh, which becomes inundated at high tide. The castle is a scheduled monument.^[1]

The castle may have been built by the MacRuaries of Garmoran, or by the MacNeils of Barra who were granted the lands of Boisdate in the 15th century.^[2] Bonnie Prince Charlie hid at the castle in June 1746, while fleeing from the Duke of Cumberland's troops after the Battle of Culloden.^[2]

The island also has a lighthouse, built by David Alan Stevenson in 1891.^[3]

References

↑ "Castle Calvay". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
1 2 RCAHMS. "Calvay Castle (10130)". Canmore. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
↑ "Lighthouses built by David A. Stevenson". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

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Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board

Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass Rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights

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Coordinates: 57°08′36″N 7°15′49″W / 57.1434°N 7.2637°W / 57.1434; -7.2637

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