• Lochranza Castle is an L-plan fortified tower house situated on a promontory in Lochranza, on the northern part of the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
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  • Lochranza Castle is an imposing old ruinous fortress, standing on a spit of land in a stunningly beautiful spot at Lochranza to the north of the mountainous...
  • Lochranza Castle is an L-plan fortified tower house situated on a promontory in Lochranza, on the northern part of the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
  • Then, as you’re driving along this stunning coast, you will start to turn a corner and there before you will be Lochranza Castle.
  • During the 1490s, Lochranza Castle was used as a base from which James IV could attack the MacDonalds (Lords of the Isles).
  • Scotland boasts of some of the most magnificent castles in the world, and Lochranza Castle is a proud example of the same.
  • Lochranza Castle is said to have been visited by Robert Bruce before he left Arran for his ultimately successful bid for the Scottish throne.
  • The ruins of Lochranza castle stands on the shores of Loch Ranza at the north end of the Isle of Arran and enjoys views out over the Kilbrannan Sound.
  • Several further changes of ownership followed, during which Lochranza Castle gradually became transformed from a hallhouse into the tower house we see today.