Dunyvaig Castle

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castle medieval stronghold ruined castle

Dunyvaig Castle is a ruined medieval stronghold on the Isle of Islay in Scotland, long associated with the powerful MacDonald clan and their control of the surrounding seas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dunyvaig Castle canonical 4
Dunaverty Castle 1
Dunyvaig Castle, Islay 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
medieval stronghold ⓘ
ruined castle ⓘ
associatedWith Clan MacDonald maritime power ⓘ
Lord of the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Crown authority in the Isles ⓘ
Scottish clan warfare ⓘ
controlledBy Campbell Earls of Argyll NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clan Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crown of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lords of the Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
hasCondition ruin ⓘ
hasNameVariant Dunnyvaig Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart courtyard ⓘ
curtain wall ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
tower ⓘ
hasView Paps of Jura NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
Scheduled monument ⓘ
locatedIn Inner Hebrides NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isle of Islay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Argyll and Bute NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion Islay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Lagavulin Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lagavulin Distillery NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn south coast of Islay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnFeature rocky promontory ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
nearbySettlement Port Ellen NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks Lagavulin Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sound of Islay NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Campbell family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crown Estate (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
region West Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent forfeiture of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg ⓘ
siege of 1614 ⓘ
siege of 1647 ⓘ
tourism historic attraction ⓘ
usedFor administrative centre ⓘ
maritime stronghold ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
residence ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

clan MacDonald → historicSeat → Dunyvaig Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Clan MacDonald
Clan Donald → historicSeat → Dunyvaig Castle ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg → namedAfter → Dunyvaig Castle ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg → notableSeat → Dunyvaig Castle ⓘ
Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg → notableSeat → Dunyvaig Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunaverty Castle
Clan MacDonald of Islay → notableSeat → Dunyvaig Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunyvaig Castle, Islay