Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fionnchairn or Fincharn

Fionnchairn or Fincharn, a ruined fortalice in Kilmichael-Glassary parish, Argyllshire, on the steep SE margin of Loch Awe, 2½ miles ENE of Ford, near the loch's head. A small but strong keep, it is said by tradition to have belonged to a chieftain called Mac Mhic Jain, and to have been burned by a vassal whose wife he had wronged, and by whom he himself was slain.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a ruined fortalice"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Glassary ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty
Place names: FINCHARN     |     FIONNCHAIRN     |     FIONNCHAIRN OR FINCHARN

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