Kisimul Castle
[4] Writing in 1549, Dean Monro stated of Barra that "Within the southwest end of this isle, ther enters a salt water loche, verey narrow in the entrey, and round and braide within.In 2001 the castle was leased by the chief of Clan MacNeil to Historic Scotland for 1000 years for the annual sum of £1 and a bottle of whisky.The results of the building recording and archival research concluded a likely date of construction during the late 15th century coinciding with the height of Gaelic power in Scotland and Ireland during the Middle Ages.It is possible that timber hoardings were a part of the original castle design, due to the presence of putlog holes in the curtain wall.A large quantity of broken pottery was also found and appears to range in date from prehistoric times through the medieval period to the more recent past.
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