There are six castles on the Isle of Mull: Duart Castle, Torosay Castle, Glengorm Castle, Moy Castle, Dun Ara Castle and Aros Castle. All very different, but are set in the most stunning of locations.
Castles around the Isle of Mull
Duart Castle
The oldest inhabited castle on Mull, home to the 28th Chief of Clan Maclean. Visit state rooms in the 13th century keep, take a journey back through the ages in the exhibition of clan history, see the prisoners in the dungeons and climb to the top of the keep for spectacular views. Read more
Glengorm Castle
Glengorm Castle overlooks the Atlantic and has views out to the Outer Hebrides and Islands of Uist, Rum and Canna. The Castle was built in 1860 and sits at the headland of Glengorm's vast area of coastline, forestry, lochs and hills. Read more
Moy Castle
Moy Castle stands on a low rock platform at the head of Loch Buie and was built in the 15th century by Hector MacLean, brother of Maclean of Duart and the founder of the re-named MacLaines of Lochbuie who made it their home. Read more
Aros Castle
Aros Castle is thought to have been built by one of the MacDougall Lords of Lorn in the 13th century. Once the major stronghold of the Lords of the Isles, first comes on record in the later 14th century when it was in the possession of the Lords of the Isles. Read more
Dun Ara Castle
Dun Ara Castle is located on the Glengorm estate near Tobermory. It occupies the summit of a prominent rocky outcrop. The ascent is easy from the south-east side and the castle's foundations are clearly visible. Read more
Torosay Castle
Torosay Castle is a Victorian 'Scottish baronial' mansion designed by architect David Bryce in 1856 and completed in 1858 for John Campbell, replacing Achnacroish House. It was sold to Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie in 1865. Read more
Mull and Iona wildlife blog
- Return of the Whales May 2, 2012Despite frequent reports of sightings from fishing boats in the area, none of the trip boats from Tobermory had managed to get a view of one of our larger summer migrants yet, however today the skipper of Silver Swift took local Wildlife photographer Nic Davies out on a trip which resulted in 2 different Minke Whales being seen. Reports back from Nic was tha […]
- Dolphins occurring regularly off Mull May 1, 2012We are still to get our first Whale sighting of the year from any of the trip boats, but we are having sightings reported by the fishing boats so they are definitely out there somewhere! One of the main reasons is that the island seems much quieter than at the same time in recent years, which means there are less trips going out and recently all the interest […]