Kyleakin Skye Ferry Boat & Castle Moil 60s Portree pmk

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  'Over the Sea to Skye' The Skye Ferry Boat and Castle Moil
• Publisher:  none given (PT34634)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  4d. bright vermillion Machin probably SG733
• Postmark(s):  Portree Isle of Skye 25 June 1970 wavy line
• Sent to:  Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Caisteal Maol (Gaelic: Caisteal, 'Castle', Moal, 'bare') is a ruined castle located near the harbour of the village of Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is also known as Castle Moil, Castle Moal, Dun Akyn^[1] Dun Haakon and Castle Dunakin^[2].

The castle, an ancient seat of the Mackinnon clan, was a fortress commanding the narrow sound between Skye and the mainland, through which all ships had to pass or else attempt the stormy passage of The Minch. The present building dates back to the 15th century, but is traditionally reputed to be of much earlier origin.

According to that tradition, Alpín mac Echdach's great-grandson Findanus, the 4th MacKinnon chief, brought Dunakin into the clan around the year 900 by marrying a Norse princess nicknamed 'Saucy Mary'. Findanus and his bride ran a heavy chain across the sound and levied a toll on all shipping vessels.^[3] The Princess lies buried on Beinn na Cailleach on Skye, her face reputedly turned towards Norway.

Whatever the veracity of the castle's traditional history, there is good reason for supposing the existence of a connection of some kind with Norway. King Haakon IV is thought to have assembled his fleet of longships there before the Battle of Largs in 1263 (hence the name Kyleakin - Haakon's kyle). Haakon's defeat there effectively ended Norse domination of the islands.^[4] Mediaeval and early modern documents also refer to the castle itself as Dunakin (Dun-Haakon), which is again strongly suggestive of a Norse connection