Visiting Dunvegan Castle The castle built in the 13 century on an elevated rock overlooking an inlet on the eastern shore of Loch Dunvegan, a sea loch, located 1 mile to the north of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, the ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan MacLeod for 800 years, in the 19th century the whole castle was remodelled into a mock-medieval style. For those who love castles, today visitors can enjoy tours of an award winning castle and Highland estate steeped in history and clan...