his Torosay Estate which now included the ruins of Castle Duart to A. C. Guthrie in 1865. On 11 September 1911, the ruin was separated from the rest of the Torosay Estate and was bought by Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, the 26th Chief of the Clan MacLean and restored. By 2012, additional restorations were required and a fund was set up to accept donations for this purpose. Phase 7 of the project was underway in 2020. Lairds of Duart Lairds are owners of an estate Lachlan Lubanach Maclean, 5th Chief, 1st laird of Duart, it was part of his wife's dowry. Red Hector of the Battles Maclean, 6th Chief, 2nd laird of Duart. Lachlan Bronneach Maclean, 7th Chief, 3rd laird of Duart. Lachlan Og Maclean, 8th Chief, 4th laird of Duart. Hector Odhar Maclean, 9th Chief, 5th laird of Duart. Lachlan Maclean, 10th Chief, 6th laird of Duart. Lachlan Cattanach Maclean, 11th Chief, 7th laird of Duart. Hector Mor Maclean, 12th Chief (1497–1568), 8th laird of Duart. Hector Og Maclean, 13th Chief, 9th laird of Duart. Lachlan Mor Maclean, 14th Chief, 10th laird of Duart. Sir Hector Og Maclean, 15th Chief, 11th laird of Duart. ... Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet, 16th Laird of Duart. He surrendered Duart Castle in 1691 to The 10th Earl of Argyll, who demolished the castle. Sir John Maclean became the last laird of Duart until the restoration of the castle by Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean over 221 years later. 2014 restoration In 2012, the centenary of the 1912 restoration, the Chief of Clan Maclean announced that his family could no longer afford the upkeep of the castle in light of the expense of major repairs. In the winter of 2013–14 the castle lost four ceilings, which were brought down by water penetration through the chimneys. In July 2014, a restoration appeal was launched. Film location The castle was used as a location in the 1945 film I Know Where I'm Going! (as "Castle of Sorne"). It was also featured in the 1971 film When Eight Bells Toll, starring Anthony Hopkins and in the 1999 film Entrapment, starring Sean Connery (who has MacLean ancestry on his mother's side) and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It is also the setting for the base of Buffy Summers in the first half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight. Lighthouse To the south east of the Castle is the Duart Point