Kisimul Castle
Kisimul Castle and also known as Kiessimul Castle, is a medieval castle located on a small island off Castlebay, Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It gets its name from the Norse ciosamul, meaning "castle island".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra and St Brendan’s Hospital.
Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra
Church
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Church of our Lady, Star of the Sea, Barra is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Kisimul Castle.
St Brendan’s Hospital
Hospital
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St Brendan's Hospital is a hospital in Castlebay on the island of Barra, Eileanan Siar. It is managed by NHS Western Isles. St Brendan’s Hospital is situated 1,900 feet west of Kisimul Castle.
Barra Island Lifeboat Station
Building
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Barra Island Lifeboat Station is located at Castlebay, a village at the southern end of the Isle of Barra, part of the Outer Hebrides, an archipelago sitting off the north-west coast of Scotland. Barra Island Lifeboat Station is situated 720 feet north of Kisimul Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlebay and Caolas.
Castlebay
Village
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Castlebay is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay.
Caolas
Village
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Caolas, is a small settlement on the island of Vatersay, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Caolas is within the parish of Barra. It is the westernmost settlement in Scotland. Caolas is situated 2 miles west of Kisimul Castle.
Borve
Village
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Borve is a village on the west coast of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Borve is within the parish of Barra, and is situated on the A888 which is the island's circular main road. Borve is situated 2 miles north of Kisimul Castle.
Kisimul Castle
- Type: Ruin
- Description: castle on a small island near Castlebay, Scotland
- Categories: island, tower house, island castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Kisimul Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kisimul gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Castell de Kisimul”
- Dutch: “Kisimul Castle”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Kisimul”
- French: “château de Kisimul”
- French: “Château de Kisimul”
- German: “Kisimul Castle”
- Hungarian: “Kisimul vára”
- Irish: “Caisteal Chiosmuil”
- Italian: “Castello di Kisimul”
- Italian: “Kisimul Castle”
- Japanese: “キシムル城”
- Kazakh: “Кисимул қамалы”
- Kazakh: “Кисимул сарайы”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Kisimul”
- Russian: “Кисимул”
- Scots: “Kisimul Castle”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Chiosmuil”
- Turkmen: “KISIMUL GALASY”
- Ukrainian: “Кісімул”
- Western Panjabi: “کیسیمل قلعہ”
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