Breachacha Castle
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Breachacha Castle is a 14th-15th century tower house
castle at Breachacha, Coll
, Scotland
. It was a stronghold of the MacLeans of Coll and overlooks Loch Breachacha. The castle fell in ruin in the late eighteenth century and was restored in the 20th century by Major N V MacLean Bristol.
Tower house
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.-History:Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountain or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strategic points with reduced forces...
castle at Breachacha, Coll
Coll
Coll is a small island, west of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breachacha Castle.-Geography and geology:...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was a stronghold of the MacLeans of Coll and overlooks Loch Breachacha. The castle fell in ruin in the late eighteenth century and was restored in the 20th century by Major N V MacLean Bristol.