Dunollie Castle Collection

Dunollie Castle is the seat of Clan MacDougall, one of the oldest Scottish Highland clans. Located about 1 mile north of Oban, in an area of Argyll known to have been inhabited for at least 8,000 years, the now ruined medieval Dunollie Castle overlooks the Western Hebrides, guarding the key waterways of the West Coast of Scotland.

In the 12th century Dunollie began its 1000 year history as a MacDougall stronghold, when Somerled, a Gaelic warrior chieftain, rose to prominence, through marital alliance and military conquest, to create the Kingdom of Argyll and the Isles.

Today, under the guardianship of a Trust set up by the current Clan Chief, a collection of artefacts representing 900 years of continuity, provides an incredibly vivid view, not just of MacDougall Clan history, but of that of Scotland itself.

Dunollie Castle

The Dunollie Preservation Trust

Today, the MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust cares for a collection of more than 10,000 objects of international importance, including a number of beautiful family textiles, such as a set of remarkable curtains, stitched by the ladies of the house during the 1793 Jacobite Rising, and what ias said to be the oldest known tartan in the world.

Our work with Dunollie has taken us into the deepest parts of the textile collection and enabled us to produce kits based on some of the textile treasures in the care of the Trust. In 2025 we will be releasing four new special designs, the sale of which will directly support upkeep of the textile collection.