The MacLeods of Dunvegan fortified their ancestral seat on the northwest coast of Skye in the late thirteenth century, creating the castle that would become the oldest continuously occupied castle in Scotland. The fortification of Dunvegan was both a defensive measure against MacDonald pressure from the south and a statement of MacLeod authority over the Duirinish and Waternish peninsulas. Dunvegan became the symbol of MacLeod power for seven centuries.
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