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Dingwall Castle was a medieval fort and royal castle in the town of Dingwall, eastern Ross-shire, Scotland. The castle is believed to have been established by Norse settlers in the area in the 11th century.
Dingwall (Scots: Dingwal, [2] Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Pheofharain [3] [ˈiɲɪɾʲ ˈfjɔhəɾan]) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling.
Tulloch Castle is located in the town of Dingwall in the Highlands of Scotland. It dates at least to the late 14th century as the birthplace of Mariota Leslie, daughter of Euphemia I, countess of Ross. Mariota was the wife of Donald Macdonald, Lord of the Isles. Several of Euphemia's children by Walter Leslie were born at Tulloch Castle. [1]
Dingwall: Dornoch Castle: Occupied: Dounreay Castle: L-plan: 16th century: Ruin: Within the grounds of Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment: Dunbeath Castle:
Upload another image Caisteal Gòrach By Tulloch Castle 57°37′00″N 4°26′18″W / 57.616595°N 4.438339°W / 57.616595; -4.438339 (Caisteal Gòrach) Category A 24520 Upload another image See more images Free Church Of Scotland High Street 57°35′41″N 4°25′26″W / 57.594633°N 4.423899°W / 57.594633; -4.423899 (Free Church Of Scotland) Category B ...
After MacIver's plot was discovered he was imprisoned in Dingwall Castle by followers of the Earl of Ross. [3] [8] Mackenzie's followers from Kenlochewe, consisting of MacIvers, MacLennans, MacAulays, and MacLeays, freed him and then seized Alexander Ross of Balnagown (chief of Clan Ross) who was a relative of the Earl of Ross. [3] [8]
Between Iye Mackay, 4th of Strathnaver and the Sutherland family there was a feud that caused much blood-shed on either side. [1] According to Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet (1580 – 1656), who was a younger son of Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl of Sutherland, "the Earl of Sutherland had great controversy with the house and family of Mackay, chief of the Clan Vic-Morgan of Stathnaver, which did ...
He moved his family to Dingwall in about 1482 and he died in about 1503, leaving the following children, who were probably born at Olrig: [7] Donald (b. c. 1461). Alexander (b. c. 1462). John (b. c. 1463). David (b. c. 1465). Alexander (b. c. 1462) having been taken to Dingwall by his father in about 1482 became a business man there.