Ardvreck Castle, Scotland

Scanty remains of a mean little castle in the remote north, on the swampy shores of Loch Assynt; the great Montrose, as a refugee, took hospitality here and was betrayed for the reward on his head -- shameful! And if any castle deserves to be a ruin, this one does. Even the name Ardvreck sounds nasty. (Beautiful setting, though.) It is, however, only approachable via some very swampy ground, and there is nothing nearby, no town, not even a hamlet -- the old lairds must have frightened everybody away. A later mansion on drier ground up the hill burnt down many years ago -- arson?