The gardens at Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye
The home of the Chiefs of Clan MacLeod
ONE might remark that the somewhat dour-looking Dunvegan Castle, parts of which date back to the 13th century, is at the back of beyond; however, this is not in condemnation, but admiration. Perched on a rocky promontory overlooking Loch Dunvegan in the north-west of Skye—itself the topmost of the Inner Hebrides—there’s really not much further you can go west, save for North Uist, before you hit the great Atlantic Ocean.
The journey from the ferry or bridge connecting to mainland Scotland enforces this sense of isolation, before one travels through an almost lunar landscape, grazed over the centuries by sheep introduced from the Low-lands. Although it possesses a raw beauty, for
