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Dunoon Castle is a ruined castle on the Cowal Peninsula in the Scottish administrative division Argyll and Bute . The castle stood on a conical hill about 24 meters high, a volcanic cone . Little of the castle has survived to this day.

The remains of the castle and its surroundings are considered a Scheduled Monument .

In the 14th century the castle was a royal residence, in the 17th century it had already fallen into ruin.

history

13th to 15th centuries

The first written records about the castle date from the 13th century.

In 1333 Dunoon Castle was besieged and taken by the troops of Edward Balliol , who gave it to King Edward III. from England gave up. Robert the Steward, later King Robert I of Scotland , recaptured the castle with the help of Colin Campbell von Lochow .

From the 15th century, Dunoon Castle was a royal castle whose hereditary governors were from Clan Campbell .

16th Century

Engraving of Dunoon Castle by William Miller after W. Brown

In 1544 Dunoon Castle was besieged by Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox . After 18 ships and 800 soldiers from King Henry VIII were available to him, he was able to take the castles of Dunoon Castle and Rothesay Castle . Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll , was expelled from it and suffered great losses.

In 1563 Mary Stuart was staying at the castle when she visited her half-sister, Lady Jane Stewart, Countess of Argyll , and signed various charters during her visit.

17th century

In 1646 the Dunoon massacre took place, in which the Campbells slaughtered the men, women, children and even babies of the Lamont clan . After the restoration of the Scottish episcopate and King Charles II of England , Dunoon Castle became the residence of the Bishop of Argyll for a period . During the rebellion of the Earl of Argyll against King James VII in 1685, the castle was destroyed.

20th century

During the First and Second World Wars , military fortifications were installed at Dunoon Castle to defend the Clyde and the shipbuilding industry there.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ^ Entry on Dunoon Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ^ A b JA Atkinson, E. Photos-Jones, J. Roberts, A. Rutherford, C. Smith: Excavation of 10th-Century Burials at Chapelhall, Innellan, Argyll, 1994 (PDF) pp. 651-676. 2000. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ John Colegate: Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay . Pp. 20-21. 1868. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ John Colegate: Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay . S. 21. 1868. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  6. ↑ John Colegate: Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay . P. 22, 1868. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ John Colegate: Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay . Pp. 21-22. 1868. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  8. ↑ John Colegate: Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay . Pp. 22-23. 1868. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  9. ↑ Entry on Gardens of Dunoon Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 56 '44.2 "  N , 4 ° 55' 25.7"  W.