Achallader Castle
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 Achallader Castle |
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| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Achallader Farm | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 33 '34.6 " N , 4 ° 43' 57" W | |
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Achallader Castle ( Scottish Gaelic : Caisteal Achaladair , also Achaladair Castle ) is the ruin of a castle built as a tower house in Scotland . It lies in the shadow of the Beinn Achaladair , about 5.5 km north of the village of Bridge of Orchy in the traditional Scottish county of Argyll (today's Council Area Argyll and Bute ). The name of the castle, which was built in the 16th century, is derived from Scottish Gaelic and means "field with hard water".
history
Achallader Castle was built on the north end of Loch Tulla near the Bridge of Orchy in the 16th century. Various clans kept adding to it. It is believed that the Fletchers , called Mac an Fhleister in Scottish Gaelic , were "the first to 'let smoke rise and boil water' on the Braes of Glenorchy ", even if the MacGregors were also a ruler in the 15th century Clan in this area.
Sir Duncan Campbell of Glen Orchy acquired the castle and the surrounding lands in 1587 through betrayal and betrayal of the MacInleisters clan chief : It is said that when the Fletchers owned Achallader Castle, Sir Duncan Campbell - called Black Duncan - an English servant (or soldier) managed to graze his horse in the Fletchers' crops. When he was warned by the Fletchers - in Gaelic - he didn't understand. Since he did not lead his horse away, they shot him. Black Duncan was concerned that the Fletchers chief would be hanged for the killing and advised him to flee to France . Before he fled, he signed over his holdings to Black Duncan, he said, until his return so that they would not be confiscated from the Crown. The Fletchers never got their possessions back. The MacGregors burned the castle down in 1603.
In the summer of 1683, a commission for the settlement of the Highlands under the leadership of Sir William Drummond from Cromlix House stayed in the castle, where they included Alasdair MacIain MacDonald , 12th Chief of Glencoe, the future victim of the Glencoe massacre , and his clan welcomed.
1689, when Wilhelm III. and Mary II ruled, the MacIains, returning from their victory at the Battle of Killiecrankie and their rejection at Dunkeld , tore what they could from the castle. It was never rebuilt.
In June 1691, John Campbell, Earl of Breadalbane , who had been authorized by King William to negotiate with the clans , conferred with the highland clan chiefs in the ruined castle. With a mixture of threats, promises of bribery and duplicity, he convinced most of the clans - but not the MacIains - to sign a treaty. This included secret determinations that were later denied, such as: B. the right of clan chiefs to demand release from their oath of allegiance to King James VII and II, who are in exile . The promised bribes were never paid.
description
The main building of the castle used to be three stories high and had an attic; she was through loopholes to defend well. Today only two walls with brackets that protect the farm buildings of the Achallad farm remain . The ruin is listed in Category B of the Scottish Monuments Lists.
Web links
- Entry on Achallader Castle in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Margaret Mason: The Ancient Fletchers . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ British Listed Buildings: Achallader Castle Near Loch Tulla, Bridge of Orchy , accessed January 23, 2017