of almost 2.5km, over a period of ten years in an effort to save his community.
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Tuesday 20 JulyBrochel CastleBuilt in the late 15th or early 16th century by Raasay's first Macleod chief, Calum, the castle is built on a volcanic plug. It provided a strategic stronghold to control (and plunder) shipping on the Sound. Today much of the masonry has eroded, however the full structure would have had four, high, towers and would have presented an impregnable wall towards the sea. Click on the photographs to see a larger image and use the arrows at the left and right of the larger images to scroll through them: |
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| The Google map from my phone | Brochel Castle | |
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| Brochel Castle | ||
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| Brochel Castle | Liz - as always, photographing | |
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| The beach below Brochel Castle | ||
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| Malcolm MacLeod (normally known as Calum) built the road almost single-handedly from here to its terminus at Arnish, a distance of almost 2.5km, over a period of ten years in an effort to save his community. |
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| The views are wonderful! | ||
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| Liz took some wonderful photographs of like in rock-pools | ||
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| Raasay sheep | ||
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| The long and winding road | ||
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| A dragonfly | Overlooking the island of Fladda; three houses on it have been restored as second homes. The island can be reached at low tide via a seaweed-strewn natural causeway. | |
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| Looking across to sky - notice the clouds which often stayed all day | ||
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| Amazingly friendly sheep | A rabbit | |
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| Wonderful sailing! | ||
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