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Eilean and Donan
There are various islands that lie in the sea lochs such as Eilean Bàn and Eilean Donan that might not ordinarily be described as " Hebridean " but no formal definitions exist.
Some castles such as Eilean Donan in Scotland were substantially rebuilt in the inter-war years.
Eilean Donan Castle
Filming locations for the film include Blenheim Palace, Savoy Hotel London, Lloyd's of London, Borough Market, London, Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur ( with other filming completed at Pinewood Studios ), and the Bukit Jalil LRT station However, the signage at this station that was used for the movie was Pudu LRT station instead of Bukit Jalil.
The town boasts a small award winning museum housed in a Telford Church, An Talla Solais an arts centre with frequently changing exhibitions and workshops, a swimming pool and fitness centre, and several pubs ( including the Arch Inn on the shores of Loch Broom, Argyll ), bed and breakfasts ( including Riverview, Eilean Donan Guesthouse, Spindrift, and Broombank ), restaurants and hotels.
Among old castles are those of Lochslin, in the parish of Fearn, said to date from the 13th century, which, though ruinous, possesses two square towers in good preservation ; Balone, in the parish of Tarbat, once a stronghold of the Earls of Ross ; the remains of Dingwall Castle, their original seat ; and Eilean Donan in Loch Alsh, which was blown up by English warships during the abortive Jacobite rising in 1719.
The album cover features a recoloured photograph of the Eilean Donan castle.
A small force of 300 Spanish marines under George Keith, tenth Earl Marischal did land near Eilean Donan, but they and the highlanders who supported them were defeated in the Battle of Glen Shiel in June 1719, and the hopes of an uprising soon fizzled out.
Eilean Donan castle, Scotland
Eilean Donan () is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland.
Eilean Donan ( which means simply " island of Donnán ") is named after Donnán of Eigg, a Celtic saint martyred in 617.
Eilean Donan Castle is the home of the Clan Macrae.
Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.
At this time the area was at the boundary of the Norse-Celtic Lordship of the Isles and the Earldom of Ross: Eilean Donan provided a strong defensive position against Norse expeditions.
Having lost control in the fourteenth century, the Mackenzies obtained a charter of Eilean Donan in 1509, and in 1511 the Macraes, as protectors of the Mackenzies, became the hereditary Constables of the castle.
Eilean Donan Castle at sunrise
An advance party of 300 Spanish soldiers arrived in Loch Duich in April 1719, and occupied Eilean Donan Castle.
Early in the morning on Sunday 10 May, HMS Worcester, HMS Flamborough, and HMS Enterprise anchored off Eilean Donan and sent a boat ashore under a flag of truce to negotiate.
File: Eilean Donan Castle Panorama .. jpg | Panorama of the castle from the south
File: Eilean Donan castle-95mm. jpg | The castle, seen from the west
File: EileanDonanRollOfHonour. jpg | Roll of Honour of Clan Macrae inside Eilean Donan Castle Grounds
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Eilean and Castle
Barrie's Marie Rose contains references to Harris inspired by a holiday visit to Amhuinnsuidhe Castle and he wrote a screenplay for the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan whilst on Eilean Shona.
The ruins of Finlaggan Castle on Eilean Mòr, Loch Finlaggan, on the island of Islay, where the Council of the Isles met.
* Eilean Tioram, in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland on which is situated Castle Tioram
hu: Eilean Donan Castle
nl: Eilean Donan Castle
nds: Eilean Donan Castle
* Eilean Donan Castle, Kyle of Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
England includes Brighton Pier, the Angel of the North, Smiths Arms Wiltshire, the smallest pub in Britain, and Stonehenge, with Scotland including Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, Eilean Donan, Jedburgh Abbey, Blair Atholl and Loch Ness and Wales featuring a rugby pitch and a typical Welsh village street while the National Anthem is played.
* Eilean Donan Castle, Scottish Highlands
Eilean Chathastail ( Eng: Castle Island ) is one of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
Glengarry chose to follow Donald Gorm of Sleat in an attempt to reclaim Lordship of the Isles which collapsed with a failed assault on Eilean Donan Castle in which Donald died.
Lochbuie from the west with Loch Uisg at left, Moy Castle at centre, Eilean Mòr to the right and Druim Fada beyond.
Loch Duich from the north-west, with Eilean Donan Castle ( middle foreground ), Loch Long ( Highlands ) | Loch Long ( left foreground ), Loch Alsh ( right foreground ), and the mountains of Glen Shiel ( centre background )
Loch Duich and Eilean Donan | Eilean Donan Castle, with the Isle of Skye in the distance

Eilean and located
Designed by David Alan Stevenson, the tower was constructed for the Northern Lighthouse Board ( NLB ) between 1895 and 1899 and is located near the highest point on Eilean Mòr.
Eilean Hoan is located at the northern, seaward end of the loch and there are various small islets in the vicinity including A ' Ghoil-sgeir, An Cruachan, An Dubh-sgeir, Eilean Clùimhrig, and Pocan Smoo.

Eilean and on
Sybilla died in unrecorded circumstances at Eilean nam Ban ( Kenmore on Loch Tay ) in July, 1122 and was buried at Dunfermline Abbey.
Cape Breton Island (-formerly Île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: Cape Breton ) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America.
The earliest construction of a crannog is the completely artificial Neolithic islet of Eilean Domhnuill, Loch Olabhat on North Uist in Scotland.
" the Island of the Prince ", the local form of the longer ' Eilean a ' Phrionnsa Iomhair / Eideard ') or Eilean Eòin for some Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia though not on PEI ( lit.
Loch Langavat on Lewis is long, and has several large islands in its midst, including Eilean Mòr.
In 597 Augustine of Canterbury is said, by the Venerable Bede, to have landed with 40 men at Ebbsfleet, in the parish of Minster-in-Thanet, before founding Britain's second Christian monastery in Canterbury ( the first was founded fifty years earlier by Saint Columba on Eilean na Naoimh, in the Hebrides ): a cross marks the spot.
An old Gaelic name for the island was Eilean MoLaise, Molaise's Island ; this is the origin ( via Elmolaise and Limolas ) of " Lamlash ", the name of the village on Arran that faces Holy Island.
Lismore Lighthouse, built by Robert Stevenson, lies on the small island of Eilean Musdile to the south west with Lady's Rock a kilometer further away in the same direction.
Image: Eilean Musdile. jpg | The lighthouse on Eilean Musdile from the Oban to Craignure ferry.
The Inverarary Maritime Heritage Museum is based on the iron sailing ship Arctic Penguin, moored at the pier, along with the Clyde puffers VIC 72, Eilean Eisdeal, renamed Vital Spark, and VIC27 Auld Reekie, renamed Maggie.
There are a number of islets and rocks to the south and the east of Ulva, notably Eilean na Creiche ( listed as " Eilean na Craoibhe ", on the island's guide's map.
Eilean Glas, a tiny peninsula on Scalpay's eastern shore is home to the first lighthouse to be built in the Outer Hebrides.
A ferry sails from Easdale to Ellenabeich ( Gaelic: Eilean nam Beathach ) on the nearby island of Seil ( Gaelic: Saoil ), which is separated from Easdale by only a narrow channel.
In 2011, a Viking ship burial, probably from the 10th century, was unearthed at Port an Eilean Mhòir on Ardnamurchan.
These include Oran do dh ' Eilean Mhiulaidh ( Song to the Isle of Mingulay ) written by Neil MacPhee the Vatsersay raider ( see above ), after the abandonment of the island, and Turas Neill a Mhiughlaigh ( Neil's Trip to Mingulay ) written by Father Allan MacLean ( known locally as the " Curate of Spain " having attended the Scots College in Valladolid ), possibly during the period 1837 – 40 when he lived on Barra.
Looking from Garbh Eilean to Eilean an Taighe on the right with Eilean Mhuire in the distance.

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