Dunderave Castle

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Dunderave Castle

Dunderave Castle is a castle near the Scottish town of Inveraray . It is located on the west bank near the head of the Loch Fyne estuary and is connected to today's trunk road network via the A83 , which runs directly to the north and connects the Kintyre peninsula to the Central Belt . In 1971 Dunderave Castle was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in Category A.

history

The builders of the castle were the members of the MacNaughton clan, whose former ancestral seat Dubh Loch Castle was a few kilometers west on the shores of Lake Dubh Loch . Construction of Dunderave Castle to replace Dubh Loch Castle began in the 16th century. It was finally completed in 1596. In the 17th century, the last owner of the castle from the MacNaughton clan planned to marry the younger daughter of Colin Campbell, 1st Baronet of Ardkinglass of the Campbell clan. When he found out after the wedding that the wrong daughter had been foisted on him as wife, he fled to Ireland with his fiancée . Around 1689 the castle fell to the Campbells. In the early 19th century, Dunderave Castle is described as uninhabited with a collapsed roof. Around 1905 the Scottish physicist Sir Andrew Noble acquired the building as part of a larger estate. Scottish architect Robert Lorimer was then commissioned to restore and expand the castle and carried out this work in 1911 and 1912. Dunderave Castle has been inhabited again since then. The Scottish author Neil Munro used Dunderave Castle as a template for his work Castle Doom .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Dunderave Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ^ Information from the Scottish Castle Association

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Coordinates: 56 ° 14 ′ 34.9 "  N , 4 ° 59 ′ 53"  W.