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Castle Tioram (/ ˈ tʃ iː r ə m /; Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Tioram, meaning "dry castle") is a ruined castle that sits on the tidal island Eilean Tioram in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is located west of Acharacle, approximately 80 km (50 mi) from Fort William. Though hidden from the sea, the castle controls access to Loch ...
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The best-known example of a rejected restoration project was that off Castle Tioram in Moidart. Tioram gained notoriety as "the epicentre of the restoration controversy" (Davis, op cit, pp 58–60). In 1997, Lex Brown of Anta Estates Ltd put forward proposals for restoration of the castle to a habitable status [19].
Castle Tioram on the tidal island Eilean Tioram in Loch Moidart, is located so as to control access to Loch Shiel, and thus to Lochaber and the Great Glen, from the sea. [19] The castle appears to have originally been a principal stronghold of Clann Ruaidhrí. [20]
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Eilean Tioram and its ruined castle. Eilean Shona: An Glas-eilean, Eilean à Choire, Eilean an Feheidh, Eilean an t-Sabhail, Eilean Coille, Eilean Dubh, Eilean Mhic Neill, Eilean Raonuill, Eilean Tioram, Eilean Uaine, Riska; Sound of Arisaig:
Eilean Shona House. Loch Moidart, guarded by Castle Tioram, is of historical significance in Scotland. [8] The region was the seat of the Macdonalds of Clanranald, territory from where Charles Edward Stuart gained much of his support for the Jacobite uprising in 1745. [9]
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