Eilean Donan Castle

Eilean Donan Castle is a picturesque island castle located where three sea lochs meet — Loch Duich, Loch Long, and Loch Alsh — near the village of Dornie in the western Scottish Highlands. The original castle on the island dates from the thirteenth century, though it was largely destroyed in 1719 following a Jacobite rising and lay in ruins until being reconstructed between 1919 and 1932 by Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap. The castle is connected to the mainland by a short stone causeway and is one of the most photographed and instantly recognisable landmarks in Scotland. It has been used as a filming location on a number of occasions, most notably in the 1995 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.