The Spanish force that came to support the 1719 Jacobite rising used Eilean Donan Castle as their base and ammunition depot. Three Royal Navy frigates sailed up Loch Duich, bombarded the castle, and landed marines who destroyed the fortification. The Spanish defenders (43 men) were expelled. The ammunition magazine exploded. The castle lay in ruins until its romantic reconstruction in the twentieth century.
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