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Lochindorb Castle

📍 Highland, Scotland

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About

Lochindorb is a freshwater loch north of Grantown on Spey in the Highland council area of Scotland. In the loch there is an island, which is now thought to have been artificially created, and on that island are the ruins of Lochindorb Castle, a former stronghold of the Clan Comyn. King Edward I of England stayed in the castle during his 1303 campaign against the Scots. The loch is a popular spot with fishers, and also with birdwatchers, who come to see the local black-throated divers and greylag geese. At the southeast edge of the loch there is a small patch of coniferous forest.

Built in the 13th century on an island in Lochindorb, a bleak moorland loch south of Nairn. Most infamously held by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan — the 'Wolf of Badenoch' — who terrorised the Highlands and burned Elgin Cathedral in 1390. Later used by Edward I of England as a base. The island castle is visible from the shore but only reachable by boat.