Kinlochaline Castle

Kinlochaline Castle perches atop a rocky summit on Morvern in western Scotland, overlooking Loch Aline. This four-story fortress measures 43 by 34 feet with remarkably thick ten-foot walls constructed from large boulders and rare Lias limestone containing fossils. Known locally as 'Caisteal an Ime' or the Butter Castle, the castle earned its nickname from a legend involving a clan woman who paid the architect an amount of butter equal in size to the castle. Originally occupied by Clan MacInnes, it later fell under control of the MacLeans through violence in the 14th–15th centuries, an event that left the MacInnes without a chief. Thoroughly restored in 1890, the castle remains privately owned but closed to public tours.