THE MacCRIMMON PIPES

The bagpipes are associated with the MacCrimmons, hereditary pipers to MacLeod for thirteen generations.

 On a clear day as you stand on the castle gun court looking across the loch you can see Borreraig, the area where the Chief gave them a farm and upon which they erected the celebrated Piping College.

The finest pipers in Scotland would come to receive tuition from the famous MacCrimmons there.

Dunvegan remains a place of great renown in the world of piping. Each year there is a piping recital, in honour of the ancient tradition of the Chanter upon which the Fairy Lady assured the first MacCrimmon that he would play the finest music in the world.

Even today pipers from all over Scotland and indeed the world make a very special pilgrimage to Dunvegan Castle where the hereditary pipers to the MacLeod clan Chiefs once played the finest pipe music in Scotland for thirteen generations.

Dunvegan Castle remains a "Romantic" and very special place in the heart of many a piper. 

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