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Fragmentary ruins of a mansion house from 1707, destroyed by fire in 1715 on the same day that its owner, the chief of Clan Ranald, perished in the Jacobite cause at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. His successors moved to Nunton on Benbecula and abandoned this site.
Ormacleit Castle is a ruined mansion house of the early 18th century. It is located on South Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. It was built in the early years of the 18th century by Allan Macdonald, chief of Clanranald, and occupied from 1707. Macdonald was killed at the Battle of Sheriffmuir on 13 November 1715, and Ormacleit Castle is said to have burned down on the same day. After the fire, the Clanranald seat was moved north to Nunton on Benbecula, and the castle was abandoned after less than ten years of occupation.
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