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 |
|
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Ardencaple Castle |
|
12th century |
Demolished |
Royal Navy |
1.6 km from Helensburgh |
|
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Aros Castle |
|
13th century |
Ruined |
|
Isle of Mull, 2 km north of Salen |
|
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Asgog Castle |
Tower house (square keep) |
15th century |
Ruined |
|
Asgog Loch, Millhouse, Cowal peninsula |
Coordinates, 194666, 670530: Clan Lamont |
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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 |
|
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Calgary Castle |
Castellated house |
19th century |
|
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Calgary, Isle of Mull |
|
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Carnasserie Castle |
Tower house |
16th century |
Ruined |
Historic Scotland |
|
|
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Carrick Castle |
Tower House |
15th century |
Ruined, undergoing restoration |
Private |
Argyll |
|
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Claig Castle |
|
Before 17th century |
Foundation Ruins |
|
Isle of Fraoch Eilean |
|
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Craignish Castle |
Baronial House |
16th century or earlier |
Rebuilt |
Private |
Adfern |
see Craignish |
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Duart Castle |
|
13th century |
Restored |
Chief of Clan Maclean |
Isle of Mull |
|
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Dunans Castle |
Baronial house |
1860 |
Partially restored |
Private |
Glendaruel |
|
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Dunaverty Castle |
|
13th century |
Ruined |
|
Kintyre |
|
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Dundarave Castle |
L-plan tower house |
16th century |
|
Chief of Clan MacNaghten |
5 km northeast of Inveraray |
|
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Dunollie Castle |
Tower house |
13th century |
Ruined |
|
Oban |
|
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Dunoon Castle |
Motte |
13th-century |
Ruined |
Dunoon |
Cowal |
|
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Dunstaffnage Castle |
Castle of enceinte |
c. 1220 |
Ruined |
Historic Scotland |
|
Almost entirely 13th century, although the upper gatehouse is late 15th century |
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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 |
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Dunyvaig Castle |
Courtyard castle |
13th century |
Ruined |
|
Islay |
|
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Fincharn Castle |
|
1240 |
Ruined |
|
Shore of Loch Awe |
|
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Glengorm Castle |
|
1860 |
In use as a hotel and venue |
|
6 km north of Tobermory |
|
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Gylen Castle |
Tower house |
1582 |
Ruined |
|
Kerrera |
|
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Innes Chonnel Castle |
|
13th century |
Ruined |
|
Loch Awe |
|
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Inveraray Castle |
Castellated house |
1746 |
Still in use as a residence |
Duke of Argyll |
Inveraray |
|
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Kames Castle |
Tower house |
14th century |
Still in use as a residence |
Private |
Isle of Bute |
|
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Kilchurn Castle |
Tower house |
15th century |
Ruined |
Historic Scotland |
Loch Awe |
|
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Kilmahew Castle |
Tower house |
16th century |
Ruined |
Roman Catholic Church |
Cardross |
|
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Kilmartin Castle |
Z-plan tower house |
16th century |
Restored |
|
|
|
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Kilmory Castle |
Castellated house |
19th century |
In use as offices |
Argyll County Council |
Lochgilphead |
|
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Knockamillie Castle |
Tower House |
c15th century |
Ruin |
|
Innellan, Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute |
|
|
Castle Lachlan |
Country house |
1790 |
|
|
Strathlachlan |
|
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Old Castle Lachlan |
|
15th century |
Ruined |
|
Loch Fyne |
|
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Minard Castle |
Castellated house |
19th century |
|
|
Loch Fyne |
|
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Moy Castle |
|
15th century |
Ruined |
|
Near Lochbuie, Mull |
|
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Rothesay Castle |
Shell keep |
13th century |
Ruined |
Historic Scotland |
Rothesay |
|
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Saddell Castle |
Tower house |
16th century |
Restored |
Landmark Trust |
Shore of Kilbrannan Sound |
See Saddell |
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Skipness Castle |
|
13th century |
Ruined |
Historic Scotland |
Skipness |
|
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Castle Stalker |
Tower house |
15th century |
Restored |
Private |
Loch Laich |
Seen in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as "Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh" |
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Castle Sween |
|
12th century |
Ruined |
Historic Scotland |
Eastern shore of Loch Sween |
|
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Tarbert Castle |
|
Pre-13th century |
|
|
South shore of East Loch Tarbert |
|
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Torosay Castle |
Baronial house |
1858 |
Unoccupied residence |
Private |
Isle of Mull |
|
 |
Torrisdale Castle |
|
1815 |
In use as a residence |
Private |
Torrisdale |
|
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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 |
|
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See also