List of castles in Argyll and Bute
Appearance
This is a list of castles in Argyll and Bute.
List
[edit]Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Achallader Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | 3.5 miles north of Bridge of Orchy | ![]() | ||
Ardencaple Castle | 12th century | Demolished | Royal Navy | 1.6 km from Helensburgh | ![]() | ||
Aros Castle | 13th century | Ruined | Isle of Mull, 2 km north of Salen | ![]() | |||
Asgog Castle | Tower house (square keep) | 15th century | Ruined | Asgog Loch, Millhouse, Cowal peninsula | Coordinates, 194666, 670530: Clan Lamont | ![]() | |
Auchenbreck Castle | c16th century | No longer standing | Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Cowal peninsula | Clan Campbell | |||
Barcaldine Castle | Tower house | 17th century | In use as a hotel | Loch Creran near Oban | ![]() | ||
Calgary Castle | Castellated house | 19th century | Calgary, Isle of Mull | ![]() | |||
Carnasserie Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | ![]() | ||
Carrick Castle | Tower House | 15th century | Ruined, undergoing restoration | Private | Argyll | ![]() | |
Claig Castle | Before 17th century | Foundation Ruins | Isle of Fraoch Eilean | ![]() | |||
Craignish Castle | Baronial House | 16th century or earlier | Rebuilt | Private | Adfern | see Craignish | ![]() |
Duart Castle | 13th century | Restored | Chief of Clan Maclean | Isle of Mull | ![]() | ||
Dunans Castle | Baronial house | 1860 | Partially restored | Private | Glendaruel | ![]() | |
Dunaverty Castle | 13th century | Ruined | Kintyre | ![]() | |||
Dundarave Castle | L-plan tower house | 16th century | Chief of Clan MacNaghten | 5 km northeast of Inveraray | ![]() | ||
Dunollie Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Ruined | Oban | ![]() | ||
Dunoon Castle | Motte | 13th-century | Ruined | Dunoon | Cowal | ![]() | |
Dunstaffnage Castle | Castle of enceinte | c. 1220 | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Almost entirely 13th century, although the upper gatehouse is late 15th century | ![]() | |
Duntrune Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Still in use as a residence | Chief of Clan Malcolm | Argyll | The tower house is a 17th-century addition | ![]() |
Dunyvaig Castle | Courtyard castle | 13th century | Ruined | Islay | ![]() | ||
Fincharn Castle | 1240 | Ruined | Shore of Loch Awe | ||||
Glengorm Castle | 1860 | In use as a hotel and venue | 6 km north of Tobermory | ![]() | |||
Gylen Castle | Tower house | 1582 | Ruined | Kerrera | |||
Innes Chonnel Castle | 13th century | Ruined | Loch Awe | ![]() | |||
Inveraray Castle | Castellated house | 1746 | Still in use as a residence | Duke of Argyll | Inveraray | ![]() | |
Kames Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | Isle of Bute | ![]() | |
Kilchurn Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Loch Awe | ![]() | |
Kilmahew Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Roman Catholic Church | Cardross | ![]() | |
Kilmartin Castle | Z-plan tower house | 16th century | Restored | ![]() | |||
Kilmory Castle | Castellated house | 19th century | In use as offices | Argyll County Council | Lochgilphead | ![]() | |
Knockamillie Castle | Tower House | c15th century | Ruin | Innellan, Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute | |||
Castle Lachlan | Country house | 1790 | Strathlachlan | ![]() | |||
Old Castle Lachlan | 15th century | Ruined | Loch Fyne | ![]() | |||
Minard Castle | Castellated house | 19th century | Loch Fyne | ![]() | |||
Moy Castle | 15th century | Ruined | Near Lochbuie, Mull | ![]() | |||
Rothesay Castle | Shell keep | 13th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Rothesay | ![]() | |
Saddell Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Restored | Landmark Trust | Shore of Kilbrannan Sound | See Saddell | ![]() |
Skipness Castle | 13th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Skipness | ![]() | ||
Castle Stalker | Tower house | 15th century | Restored | Private | Loch Laich | Seen in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as "Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh" | ![]() |
Castle Sween | 12th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Eastern shore of Loch Sween | ![]() | ||
Tarbert Castle | Pre-13th century | South shore of East Loch Tarbert | ![]() | ||||
Torosay Castle | Baronial house | 1858 | Unoccupied residence | Private | Isle of Mull | ![]() | |
Torrisdale Castle | 1815 | In use as a residence | Private | Torrisdale | ![]() | ||
Toward Castle | Tower house, later additions | c16th century | Ruined | Toward, Cowal peninsula | In the grounds of Castle Toward | ![]() | |
Castle Toward | Baronial house | 1820 | In use as a residence | Private | Toward, Cowal peninsula | ![]() |
See also
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
- Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
- Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press