Qualla: Strome Castle https://qualla.com/strome-castle en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/n/strome-castle-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Strome Castle https://qualla.com/strome-castle Strome Castle: Introduction https://qualla.com/strome-castle/ Photo credit Darren Haddock, CC BY-SA 2.0. In 1602 Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail, finished a job his father had started. Strome Castle, the MacDonell stronghold guarding the entrance to Loch Carron, had held out through siege; when the garrison finally surrendered, Mackenzie ordered the castle demolished and blown up with gunpowder so that it could never be used again. Four centuries later the stub of the square tower still stands on its headland between Loch Carron and Loch Kishorn - a small ruin in a vast sea-loch landscape, and a quiet monument to the clan warfare that defined this coast for two hundred years.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/n/strome-castle-wp/gfhn-strome-castle-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Strome Castle: Built By The Lord Of The Isles https://qualla.com/strome-castle/ Photo credit Astrid Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0. Strome Castle was originally built in the fifteenth century by Alexander MacDonald, Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross. By 1472 the castle belonged to his eldest son Celestine of Lochalsh, founding figure of Clan MacDonald of Lochalsh. Alan MacDonald Dubh, twelfth chief of Clan C...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/n/strome-castle-wp/gfhn-strome-castle-built-by-the-lord-of-the-isles.mp3 0:06 2 full Strome Castle: Granted, Seized, Disputed https://qualla.com/strome-castle/ Photo credit John S Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0. In 1539 King James V of Scotland granted Strome to Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, with Hector Munro, I of Erribol of Clan Munro serving as constable for the new owners. The MacDonells held the castle for the next sixty years, but they were never far from trouble. The Mackenzies of ...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/n/strome-castle-wp/gfhn-strome-castle-granted-seized-disputed.mp3 0:06 3 full Strome Castle: Demolished On Purpose https://qualla.com/strome-castle/ Photo credit kevin rothwell, CC BY-SA 2.0. When the MacDonells of Glengarry surrendered Strome to the besiegers, Kenneth Mackenzie made a decision unusual for the period: rather than occupy the castle as a Mackenzie stronghold, he had it demolished and blown up with gunpowder. The logic was strategic. As long as Strome st...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/h/n/strome-castle-wp/gfhn-strome-castle-demolished-on-purpose.mp3 0:06 4 full Strome Castle: What The Sea Has Left https://qualla.com/strome-castle/ Photo credit Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1939 the ruined Strome Castle was presented to the National Trust for Scotland. Today the site consists of a courtyard plot and the lower courses of a square tower, set on a small grassy promontory above Loch Carron with a single track winding down from the village of Lochcarr...

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