Clan MacLeod
A clan of Norse descent split between Siol Tormod of Harris and Dunvegan and Siol Torquil of Lewis. Dunvegan Castle has been the chief's home for around 800 years and still houses the Fairy Flag, the clan's most famous relic.
Ancestral seats
- Dunvegan Castle, Skye
Where to walk in their footsteps
Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.
Dunvegan Castle, Skye
Continuously inhabited chief's seat, home of the Fairy Flag and the Dunvegan Cup.
St Clement's Church, Rodel, Harris
Founded by Alasdair Crotach MacLeod, whose carved wall tomb survives; open access, Historic Environment Scotland.
Also recorded as
McLeodMacCleodMacLeod of HarrisTravelling to MacLeod country
Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.