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Kinloch Castle

Isle of Rum

Kinloch Castle

Overlooking Loch Scresort, a sheltered bay halfway up the east coast of the Isle of Rum where the ferry arrives, sits the reddish form of Kinloch Castle, an extravagant Edwardian dream, commissioned by wealthy industrialist George Bullough in 1897 and completed in 1900. The stone was shipped over from Annan in Dumfriesshire, and it is said that he paid the workmen extra to wear kilts.

The castle is being sold by NatureScot (previously known as Scottish Natural Heritage). The castle is currently fenced off and not open to the public.
Kinloch Castle Friends Association has a useful website.

These interior photos were taken when guided tours were possible some years ago.

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Kinloch means 'at the head of the loch'. The Bullough family mausoleum can also be visited if you want to walk over to it on the other side of the island.

Isle of Rum
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