When you think of things Scotland has in abundance, one of the first things you'd think of is castles. Scotland is home to some of the most picturesque and interesting castles in the world and I really want to spend some more time this year exploring some more of these interesting castles nearby. One of the closest castles to me is the ruin of Dunscaith Castle on South Skye. We discovered this castle in one of our favourite books for exploring the Scottish Highlands, Isle of Skye: 40 Coast and Country Walks. When the weather looked like it was going to stay dry for a couple of hours, we took our chance and drove towards the Sleat peninsula.
One thing I will say about this journey was the drive was...interesting. Obviously driving in the Highlands features a lot of single track roads (which I am thankfully starting to get used to). The road down towards Tokavaig, where the ruin of Dunscaith castle is, had a lot of blind summits, steep inclines and declines, and a lot of sheep! We just took it nice and steady and the wee adventure was well worth the windy road.
The walk out to the ruin only took about 10 minutes and, even in the wet winter months, it wasn't too boggy. The ruin, which was once home to Clan Macdonald until the 17th century, might not be as beautiful and magnificent as some of the other castles and ruins in the Highlands, but it certainly was an adventure and I loved reading about this spot in the morning and actually going out to find it that afternoon. We loved getting out in the wintery weather and looking out over Loch Eishort and Loch Slapin towards some of the Cuillins. Despite living so close to the Isle of Skye, we don't always take the opportunities we should to actually explore this beautiful place. I had only driven down the road towards Sleat once before last week!
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