Gylen castle bay

Gylen castle bay in other than southerly winds is a very pleasant anchorage with views down the Firth of Lorne. Set on a cliff there is a particularly rugged 16th century castle which was reduced to a ruin less than a century later, another of those violent Hebridean events. It has recently been sympathetically restored and is looked after by Historic Scotland. There are excellent garderobes to fascinate the children, and a lovely oriole window above the main door – with interesting carvings and a removable floor so that boiling oil, or whatever, could be poured on to the heads of the attackers. The Kerrerea Tea Garden is even closer from here than Little Horseshoe Bay, and there are plenty of other anchorages to escape to if the wind gets up. This is just one more of the anchorages on the very attractive small island of Kerrera.