Brochel Castle sits precariously on a Lava outcrop on the Isle of Raasay’s north eastern shore, probably built around 1518 and first mentioned by Donald (Dean) Monro in 1547, It was probably built by “Calum Garbh” Raasay’s 1st Macleod Chief who had been bestowed the Isle’s of Raasay and Rona by his father, Calum MacLeod 9th Chief of Lewis. The Castle, looks out across the “Inner Sound” to the remote village of Applecross in Wester Ross Scotland.