Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle, at NE. end of Loch Awe, Argyllshire, 2½ miles W. of Dalmally; was founded in 1440 by Sir Colin Campbell, ancestor of the Breadalbane family, was garrisoned in 1745, and is now one of the finest baronial ruins in the Western Highlands.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "castle"   (ADL Feature Type: "fortifications")
Administrative units: Argyll ScoCnty
Place: Kilchurn

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