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Welcome to Excalibur
Knights Kingdom of Shadows Web Site
Scottish Highlands,
land of Faeries, folklore, mythology, fairy tales and highland clans
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Faery Bridge heading to
Faery Land
Faery Princess
returning to Faery Land
Dunvegan Castle on the
Isle of Skye
Dunvegan castle has a very strong
Association with Faeries. It is said that in order to get to
Dunvegan you must cross the ancient faery bridge, which has long had
supernatural connections. It is said that a horse could not be
ridden or led across the bridge without the animal losing control.
Legend states that a member of the MacLeod clan married a faery
princess and the couple lived happily for many years. As time went
on, the man aged, the Faery did not, then time came for the faery to
return home to her people. When they said their final farewells at
the faery bridge, the faeries bestowed on to her husband a flag,
which would grant the MacLeods three wishes. Twice the MacLeods have
used the power of the Flag, in 1490 at the battle of Glendale and
again in 1580 at Trumpan. Both times the MacLeods were victorious.
The flag is also said to bring schoals of Herring into Dunvegan
Loch. The Faery flag is on display at Dunvegan Castle in the Faery
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Map of Dunvegan
Isle of Skye
Isle of ,
island, northwestern Scotland, the largest of the Inner Hebrides,
separated from the mainland by a narrow channel. Skye is 670 sq miles in area
and mostly mountainous. The capital is Portree. Chief occupations are fishing
and sheep and cattle raising. A popular tourist resort, Skye is the site of the
9th-century Dunvegan castle,
of the Macleods.
Map
of the Isle of Skye
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