Moy Castle is an extant, but badly damaged castle near Lochbuie, Mull

Lochbuie, Mull

Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch".-Geography:...

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History

Moy Castle was built in the 15th century by Hector Reaganach Maclean, 1st Laird of Lochbuie

Hector Reaganach Maclean, 1st Laird of Lochbuie

Eachann Reaganach Maclean, 1st Laird of Lochbuie or Hector Reaganach Maclean or Hector the Stern, was the first Laird and the founder of the Macleans of Lochbuie, Mull.-Biography:...

, brother of Lachlan Lubanach Maclean of Duart

Lachlan Lubanach Maclean of Duart

Lachlan Lubanach Maclean of Duart was the 5th Chief of Clan Maclean. He was the first Maclean to occupy Castle Duart. His brother, Hector Reaganach Maclean was the progenitor of the Lochbuie Macleans.-Biography:...

. It has a three level tower with a garret

Garret

A garret is generally synonymous in modern usage with a habitable attic or small living space at the top of a house. It entered Middle English via Old French with a military connotation of a watchtower or something akin to a garrison, in other words a place for guards or soldiers to be quartered...

. The ground floor contains a well. It was captured from the Macleans of Lochbuie by Clan Campbell

Clan Campbell

Clan Campbell is a Highland Scottish clan. Historically one of the largest, most powerful and most successful of the Highland clans, their lands were in Argyll and the chief of the clan became the Earl and later Duke of Argyll.-Origins:...

, but later returned to the Maclaines. It was abandoned in 1752 when a new house was built.

It was used for scenes in Powell and Pressburger

Powell and Pressburger

The British film-making partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, also known as The Archers, made a series of influential films in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1981 they were recognized for their contributions to British cinema with the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the most prestigious...

's 1945 film I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going! is a 1945 romance film by the British-based film-makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, and features Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie and Petula Clark in her fourth film appearance....

, and a group of 40 fans visited to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the film's release in 2005..