Castle Stalker in Appin country sits on it's rocky island platform at the end of Loch Linnhe, Highland Scotland.
The original castle was a small fort, built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall who were then Lords of Lorn.[1] Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around the 1440s. The web-site tells a dramatic story of arguments, murders, hunting visits by the Stewart's relative King James IV of Scotland and a drunken bet around 1620 resulting in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After changing hands between these clans a couple of times the Campbells finally abandoned the castle around 1840, when it lost its roof. Then in 1908 a Stewart bought the castle and carried out basic conservation work, and in 1965 Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward acquired the castle and over about ten years fully restored it. While the other castle scenes in Monty Python and the Holy Grail were filmed in and around Doune Castle, Castle Stalker appears in the final scene as Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh. First we see the castle from a distance, next John Cleese uses his outrageous French accent to taunt Arthur from its battlements, then finally a massive attack is launched at the castle with an odd conclusion: The police officers who were investigating the death of the historian earlier in the film arrive and arrest Arthur and the other knights for killing the historian. One of them then turns to the camera and says, "All right, sonny, that's enough, turn that off", forcibly ending the movie. Castle Stalker is in private ownership, but the official website (below) gives details of dates and arrangements by which visits can be made by appointment, subject to advance notice, weather and tides.
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Location: Castle Stalker Loch Linnhe Portnacroish Port Appin Argyllshire Scotland
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