Kisimul Castle (), also spelt Kiessimul Castle or Chisimul Castle, is a small medieval castle located in the centre of Castlebay on Barra, an island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Archaeological investigations were carried out at Kisimul Castle by Headland Archaeology, on behalf of Historic Scotland.

It is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay.

In the 2010 Channel 4 programme Dom Joly and the Black Island, Joly and Tintinologist Michael Farr identify Castlebay and Kisimul as the locations of Kiltoch and the Ben More Castle in the Tintin adventure The Black Island, although the scenes of him attempting to reach it by boat and subsequently exploring it on foot were filmed at Lochranza Castle on the Isle of Arran.

The castle appeared in " Dom Joly and the Black Island " on Channel 4 TV on 19 March 2010, however it was portrayed as being Kisimul Castle located on an island in Castlebay harbour on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, after much was made of him reaching Barra and standing in Castlebay looking at Kisimul Castle.

Kisimul Castle is located approximately away from the ferry terminal in the centre of the bay that Castlebay overlooks.

Kisimul Castle, the ancient seat of Clan MacNeil, Castlebay, Barra

Kisimul Castle, Barra, the ancient seat of Clan MacNeil

Image: Kisimul. jpg | Kisimul Castle from Barra ( 1997 )

Kisimul Castle located in Castlebay, Barra is the current seat of the Chief of Clan MacNeil.

In 1937 he was able to purchase Barra and the ruinous Kisimul Castle largely using the money from his second wife.

A depiction of the coat of arms is painted in the Great Hall of Kisimul Castle in Castlebay, Barra, Scotland.

Video from a boat trip around Kisimul Castle, 2011.

The earliest documentary record of Kisimul Castle dates from the mid 16th century.

Kisimul has its own fresh water wells.

Kisimul was abandoned in 1838 when the island was sold, and the castle's condition deteriorated.

Survey trenches in the courtyard of Kisimul Castle.

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Coat of Arms of the chief of Clan MacNeil painted in the great hall of Kisimul Castle.

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