- Scotland boasts of some of the most magnificent castles in the world, and Lochranza Castle is a proud example of the same.
- Lochranza Castle sits on a peninsula overlooking the village of Lochranza, and extending into the beautiful Loch Ranza itself.
- Lochranza Castle is situated 15 miles north of Brodick, the capital of the Isle of Arran. The castle was mainly constructed between 1548 and 1554.
- Photogenic 13th-century Lochranza Castle is said to have been the inspiration for the castle in The Black Island, Hergé’s Tintin adventure.
- Lochranza Castle is said to have been visited by Robert Bruce before he left Arran for his ultimately successful bid for the Scottish throne.
- Getting there. It is located on a promontory at Lochranza/Loch Raonasa in the north of the Isle of Arran/Eilean Arran. {flickr tag="lochranza, castle" limit=6}.
- Lochranza Castle was built in the 1200s by Dougall MacSween for use as a base of operations for various skirmishes between the royals of England.
- 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.
- Lochranza Castle is the ruined remains of a tower house, built on the north of the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland.
- Lochranza Castle is one of three fortifications on the Isle of Arran and is located on the north end of the island upon a gravel spit jutting out into Loch Ranza.