List_of_castles_in_the_Outer_Hebrides Knowpia

This is a list of castles in the Outer Hebrides.

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Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle	Historic house	1865	Occupied	Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate	Harris NB049078
Ardvourlie Castle	Historic house	1863	Occupied	Private	Harris NB189105
Borve Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruined		Benbecula NF773505
Calvay Castle		Uncertain	Ruined	The local community through Stòras Uibhist^[1]	Calvay Island, Loch Boisdale, South Uist NF810126	Bonnie Prince Charlie hid here in June 1746, while fleeing from the Duke of Cumberland's troops after the Battle of Culloden.^[2]^[3]
Kisimul Castle	Tower house		Restored	Private; leased to Historic Scotland	Castlebay, Barra NL665979	Open to public^[4]
Lews Castle	Historic house	19th century^[5]	Occupied	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Stornoway, Lewis NB419331	Category A listed building^[6]
Ormacleit Castle	Historic house	Early 18th century	Ruined		South Uist NF740318	Burned in 1715

^ Stòras Uibhist
^ RCAHMS, RCAHMS (1928), The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles, Edinburgh Page(s): 107, No. 369 plan, fig. 156, illust. fig 154 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV(9).
^ Calvay Castle on RCAHMS site
^ "Kisimul Castle". Historic Scotland (historic-scotland.gov.uk). Retrieved 16 May 2008.
^ "Lews Castle and Lady Lever Park". Historic Scotland (historic-scotland.gov.uk). Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
^ Historic Environment Scotland. "LEWS CASTLE (Category A Listed Building) (LB18677)". Retrieved 14 March 2019.

Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press