On the North shore of Loch Assynt, the castle is thought to have been constructed around 1590 by the Clan MacLeod family.
Local folklore tells of MacLeod's lost daughter, Eimhir, and her continued presence at Loch Assynt.
It is said that Eimhir plunged into the caverns of the Loch and, hiding from the devil to whom she was promised,
made a new home beneath the water's surface, becoming the elusive 'mermaid of Assynt'. Well that's the stuff of legends!!!

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