Calgary Castle
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Calgary Castle, also known as Calgary House, is a 19th century castellated gothic mansion at Calgary
on the Isle of Mull
, Scotland
. The mansion house was built in 1817 by Captain Alan MacAskill.
Calgary Castle was owned by Col. Eric and Elizabeth Mackenzie from 1948 until the 1970s and they planted over 150 species of rhododendron and exotic plants and created the woodland garden which is still famous today.
Calgary, Mull
The wide sand beach at Calgary is possibly the best in Mull, and its idyllic location makes it one of the finest in Scotland. Calgary Bay is located on the north west of Mull about past Dervaig, from the island's capital Tobermory, and is framed by low hills, partly wooded. A broad area of...
on the Isle of Mull
Isle of Mull
The Isle of Mull or simply Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute....
, 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...
. The mansion house was built in 1817 by Captain Alan MacAskill.
Calgary Castle was owned by Col. Eric and Elizabeth Mackenzie from 1948 until the 1970s and they planted over 150 species of rhododendron and exotic plants and created the woodland garden which is still famous today.