{"id":1060,"date":"2024-05-23T13:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T13:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castle.nicuilie.eu\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2024-05-23T13:37:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T13:37:20","slug":"dunstaffnage-castle-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dunstaffnage-castle-scotland\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunstaffnage Castle (Scotland)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oban, Argyll, built before 1275 with a high curtain-wall on the rock ; ruined by fire in 1810 , when only some of the courtyard buildings survived<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/4178066_5ba2fe4a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"3996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dunstaffnage-castle-scotland\/05\/4178066_5ba2fe4a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/4178066_5ba2fe4a.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/4178066\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;Dunstaffnage Castle&lt;\/a&gt; by &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/18375\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;sylvia duckworth&lt;\/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\\&quot; rel=\\&quot;nofollow\\&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;\/a&gt;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Dunstaffnage Castle&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4178066_5ba2fe4a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/4178066&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dunstaffnage Castle&lt;\/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/18375&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sylvia duckworth&lt;\/a&gt; is licensed under &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 2.0&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/4178066_5ba2fe4a-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/4178066_5ba2fe4a.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/4178066_5ba2fe4a.jpg\" alt=\"Dunstaffnage Castle\" class=\"wp-image-3996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/4178066_5ba2fe4a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/4178066_5ba2fe4a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/4178066\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dunstaffnage Castle<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/geograph.org.uk\/profile\/18375\" rel=\"nofollow\">sylvia duckworth<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CC-BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunstaffnage-Castle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"1061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/minolta-digital-camera\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunstaffnage-Castle.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DiMAGE Z1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1151326681&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunstaffnage-Castle-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunstaffnage-Castle.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunstaffnage-Castle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunstaffnage-Castle.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunstaffnage-Castle-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">foto: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mokz6dIvR_o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this video we take a walk around Dunstaffnage castle near Oban, Scotland. Dunstaffnage Castle is one of the oldest stone castles in Scotland built in the 13th century by Clan Macdougall. It was captured by King Robert the Bruce in 1309 after defeating the Clan Macdougall in the Pass of Brander. In the 1470 the Clan Campbell were appointed Hereditary Captain of Dunstaffnage. An appointment that stands to this day. Dunstaffnage castle is haunted by the ghost of &#8220;Ell-maid of Dunstaffnage&#8221; who roams the ramparts dressed in green. The prefix dun in the name means &#8220;fort&#8221; in Gaelic, while the rest of the name derives from Norse stafr-nis, &#8220;headland of the staff&#8221;. Dunstaffnage Castle sits on a platform of rock at the entrance of Loch Etive and is surrounded by sea on three sides. Dunstaffnage Castle is one of the best castles near Oban to visit and is sometimes referred to as Oban Castle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" data-attachment-id=\"3999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dunstaffnage-castle-scotland\/05\/images_en_ai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/images_en_ai.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"images_en_ai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/images_en_ai-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/images_en_ai.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/images_en_ai.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/images_en_ai.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/images_en_ai-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/images_en_ai-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oban, Argyll, built before 1275 with a high curtain-wall on the rock ; ruined by fire in 1810 , when only some of the courtyard buildings survived video:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[448,613,636,741,1486,1854,13],"class_list":["post-1060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-kingdom","tag-castle-scotland","tag-courtyard-buildings","tag-curtain-wall","tag-dunstaffnage-castle","tag-oban-argyll","tag-scotland","tag-united-kingdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/Dunstaffnage-Castle.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4IfKt-h6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":687,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/balvaird-castle\/10\/","url_meta":{"origin":1060,"position":0},"title":"Balvaird Castle","author":"hrnicu","date":"October 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Fife, Scotland, the ruins of a 15th century tower with the 1581 addition of a walled courtyard and gatehouse. 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