Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dundarave

Dundarave (Gael. dun-da-raimh, 'castle of the two Oars'), a strong old turreted tower in Kilmorich parish, Argyllshire, occupying a low site on the shore of Loch Fyne, 4½ miles ENE of Inverary. A principal seat of the-Macnaughtons, it bears their motto 'I hoip in God,' with the date 1596, and still continues in good preservation.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a strong old turreted tower"   (ADL Feature Type: "towers")
Administrative units: Kilmorich ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty
Place names: DUN DA RAIMH     |     DUNDARAVE

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