Castles in Nairn, Highlands & Skye, Scotland

Cawdor Castle is located only 12 miles from Inverness just outside Nairn. If you take the B9090 off the A96, you won?t have any difficulty getting to this destination. The castle is home to the Dowage... more

The castle is first recorded when John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, died there about 1303. The structure is considerably older and was probably built between 1258 and 1275. In September 1303 Edward I stay... more

On the northern edge of Nethy Bridge, the castle may have been built soon after 1226 by James, son of the Earl of Mar, to whom Alexander II had granted the lordship of Abernethy. One of the oldest cas... more

Urquhart Castle is situated on a rocky outcrop on the banks of the mysterious Loch Ness, just two miles from the town of Drumnadrochit. Although it is often easy to be taken in by the dramatic backdro... more

This castle, restored as a private residence and holiday let, was constructed in 1598 by Patrick Grant, 2^nd son of John 4^th Laird of Grant. This Patrick became the ancestor of th... more