page_title: Clan MacLeod of Raasay
section_title: Clan Chiefs
hierarchical_section_title: Clan MacLeod of Raasay / Clan Profile / Clan Chiefs
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of Raasay House
context_page_description: Clan MacLeod of Raasay, commonly known as Clan MacLeod of Raasay, is a Highland Scottish clan, which at its height held extensive lands on the Isle of Raasay and west coast of Scotland. From the 14th century up until the beginning of the 17th century there were two branches of Macleods: the MacLeods of Dunvegan and Harris; and the Macleods of Lewis. In Gaelic the Macleods of Lewis were known as Sìol Thorcaill, and the MacLeods of Dunvegan and Harris were known as Sìol Thormoid.
  The traditional progenitor of the MacLeods was Leod, whom tradition made a son of Olaf the Black, King of Mann and the Isles. Tradition gave Leod two sons, Tormod - progenitor of the Macleods of Harris and Dunvegan; and Torquil - progenitor of the Macleods of Lewis. In the 16th and early 17th centuries the chiefly line of the Clan Macleod of The Lewes was nearly extinguished by the bloodthirsty and power-hungry chief "Old Rory" his various offspring. This feuding directly led to the fall of the clan, and loss of its lands to the Clan Mackenzie. One line of the 16th century chiefly family, the Macleods of Raasay, survived and prospered on their lands for centuries thereafter.
caption: Raasay House, built as the Chiefs home in the early 1700s has undergone several upgrades and renovations since Macleod ownership.
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