Editing Castlebay (section)

==History==
[[Kisimul Castle]] is located approximately {{convert|100|yd|-1}} away from the ferry terminal in the centre of the bay that Castlebay overlooks. Kisimul was abandoned in 1838 when the island was sold, and the castle's condition subsequently deteriorated. Some of its [[Rock (geology)|stone]] was used as ballast for fishing vessels, and some even ended up as [[sidewalk|paving]] in [[Glasgow]]. The remains of the castle, along with most of the island of Barra, were purchased in 1937 by Robert Lister MacNeil, the [[Scottish clan chief|Chief]] of [[Clan MacNeil]], who made efforts at restoration.{{cn|date=January 2022}}

In 2001, the castle was leased by the Chief of Clan MacNeil to [[Historic Scotland]] for 1,000 years for the annual sum of [[pound sterling|£]]1 and a bottle of [[whisky]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3083024.stm | work=BBC News | title=Islands gifted to residents | date=2003-09-05 | accessdate=2010-05-07}}</ref> 

For the 2011 census the island on which Kismul Castle is built was classified by the [[National Records of Scotland]] as an inhabited island that "had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses".<ref name=NRS>{{NRS1C}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|There were [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Islands/Populated Islands#Inhabited islands|93 inhabited islands]] listed in the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Islands/Populated Islands#Occasionally inhabited islands|more than 20 others]] that are inhabited from time to time but are not so listed.<ref name=NRS/>|group="Note"}}
[[File:Barra banner Kisimul Castle from Castlebay.JPG|1000px|thumb|center|Kisimul castle in the bay of Castlebay]]