Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Dunluce Castle





Our first castle was found by BIB. She has an amazing amount of information in that little
box, so when she told us there was a castle only 2.7 miles from the distillery, we had to go.




Dunluce Castle is really the shell of a castle, abandoned by the MacDonnall Clan in 1689 after the back wall, with the kitchen attached, fell into the ocean during a dinner party. No dessert that evening.




It is still an imposing sight, with magnificent views.



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