Armadale Castle, located on the Isle of Skye,, was built around 1815 as a grand mansion in the Scottish baronial style by the Macdonalds of Sleat, the chiefs of Clan Donald. It served as their ancestral home and symbol of power but was never intended as a defensive fortress. The castle incorporated parts of earlier structures and was later expanded, but by the 1920s it was abandoned as a residence and partially destroyed by fire. Today, its picturesque ruins stand within beautifully maintained g