List of castles in Argyll and Bute

This is a list of castles in Argyll and Bute.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Achallader Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		3.5 miles north of Bridge of Orchy		150px
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		150px
Barcaldine Castle	Tower house	17th century	In use as a hotel		Loch Creran near Oban		150px
Calgary Castle	Castellated house	19th century			Calgary, Isle of Mull		150px
Carnasserie Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland			150px
Carrick Castle	Tower House	15th century	Ruined, undergoing restoration	Private	Argyll		150px
Claig Castle		Before 17th century	Foundation Ruins		Isle of Fraoch Eilean		150px
Craignish Castle	Baronial House	16th century or earlier	Rebuilt	Private	Adfern	see Craignish	150px
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		150px
Dunollie Castle	Tower house	13th century	Ruined		Oban		100px
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	150px
Dunyvaig Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined		Islay		150px
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		150px
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		100px
Kilmartin Castle	Z-plan tower house	16th century	Restored				100px
Kilmory Castle	Castellated house	19th century	In use as offices	Argyll County Council	Lochgilphead		150px
Castle Lachlan	Country house	1790			Strathlachlan		150px
Old Castle Lachlan		15th century	Ruined		Loch Fyne		150px
Minard Castle	Castellated house	19th century			Loch Fyne		150px
Moy Castle		15th century	Ruined		Near Lochbuie, Mull		150px
Rothesay Castle	Shell keep	13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Rothesay		150px
Saddell Castle	Tower house	16th century	Restored	Landmark Trust	Shore of Kilbrannan Sound	See Saddell	150px
Skipness Castle		13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Skipness		150px
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		150px
Tarbert Castle		Pre-13th century			South shore of East Loch Tarbert		150px
Torosay Castle	Baronial house	1858	Unoccupied residence	Private	Isle of Mull
Torrisdale Castle		1815	In use as a residence	Private	Torrisdale		150px
Castle Toward	Baronial house	1940	In use as education centre	Argyll and Bute Council	Argyll		150px

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in Argyll and Bute

References

• 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

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