Breachacha Castle

Breachacha Castle is either of two structures on the shore of Loch Breachacha, on the Inner Hebridean island of , . The earlier is a 15th-century tower house that was a stronghold of the Macleans of Coll, the island having been granted to John Maclean in 1431.
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Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: two related structures on the shore of Loch Breachacha
  • Also known as: “Breacacha Castle”, “Breacacha House”, “Breachacha Castles”, “Breachacha House”, “Castelo Breacachadh”, and “Coll House”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Coll Airport and Breachacha crannog.

Aerodrome
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coll Island Airport is located 6 miles west–southwest…

Archaeological site
The is a crannog located near Loch… is situated 3,300 feet south of Breachacha Castle.

Archaeological site
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, sometimes Anglicised as Dun Acha… is situated 1½ miles east of Breachacha Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acha and Coll.

Hamlet
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is a small hamlet on the island of . is situated 2 miles east of Breachacha Castle.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island in the of .

Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the island of , in the council area of Scotland. is situated 4½ miles northeast of Breachacha Castle.

Breachacha Castle

Latitude
56.59161° or 56° 35′ 30″ north
Longitude
-6.62958° or 6° 37′ 47″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
9C8MH9RC+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 211191249
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2654840
Wiki­data ID
Q15116815
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Breachacha Castle” goes by many names.

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