Carnasserie Castle
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Carnasserie Castle |
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Creation time : | around 1560 |
Conservation status: | ruin |
Standing position : | clergy |
Construction: | Quarry stone |
Geographical location | 56 ° 9 '4.2 " N , 5 ° 28' 50.4" W |
Carnasserie Castle is a ruined castle in the sparsely populated region to the east of the Scottish Council Area Argyll and Bute . It is located north of the village of Kilmartin off today's A816 . The castle ruins are classified as a Scheduled Monument .
history
Carnasserie Castle was built for Protestant Bishop John Carswell in the 1560s . After his death it fell to the Campbells of Auchinbreck . In 1685 Carnasserie Castle fell victim to an uprising in the course of which it was destroyed. It then fell to the Campbells of Kilmartin and finally to the Malcolms of Poltalloch around 1830 , but was not rebuilt. In 1998 the castle ruins were subjected to a detailed archaeological investigation.
description
The castle was built in the style of a medieval fortress, but also has Renaissance features . The quarry stone masonry of the three-story building is between 1.50 m and 1.80 m thick. The stair tower, where the entrance is located, is in the northwest of the building. There are large vaulted rooms on the ground floor. The private rooms with a decorated fireplace can be found on the first floor. The former roofs have collapsed today. Carnasserie Castle had crenellated corner towers. The walls surrounded a courtyard. The former outbuildings are largely destroyed today and only preserved in fragments.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Carnasserie Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
literature
- Geoffrey Stell: Dunstaffnage and the castles of Argyll . Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, 1994, reprinted 1996. ISBN 0-7480-0481-5 .
Web links
- Entry on Carnasserie Castle in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database