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Gylen Castle
Gylen Castle

Gylen Castle

Creation time : 16th Century
Conservation status: ruin
Geographical location 56 ° 22 '45.9 "  N , 5 ° 33' 24.1"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 22 '45.9 "  N , 5 ° 33' 24.1"  W.
Location of the ruin

Gylen Castle is a ruined castle on the Scottish Hebridean island of Kerrera . It is located on a rocky promontory on the southwestern shore of the island on the coast of the Firth of Lorne . The closest town is six kilometers northeast of Oban on the mainland. The structure is classified as a Scheduled Monument .

history

Gylen Castle was the ancestral seat of the MacDougall clan . The building was built in the 16th century by Duncan MacDougall of MacDougall and Dunollie and according to various reports it was completed in either 1582 or 1587. In 1647 the castle was besieged, as a result of which the Covenanters under General Leslie burned the building and killed the residents. Gylen Castle was never inhabited and fell into disrepair.

In 1913, minor repairs were carried out on the building to prevent it from collapsing. In 1972, Leslie Grahame MacDougall applied for a grant to restore Gylen Castle from the Historic Preservation Authority and secured £ 200,000. Additionally an amount of £ 300,000 was raised through an appeal for donations among the clan members. Restoration work began in 1993. In February 2002, a detailed archaeological investigation of the ruins, the outbuildings and the surrounding area was carried out. After the construction work was completed, Gylen Castle was finally opened to visitors on May 12, 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c Entry on Gylen Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ a b c Frank Arneil Walker: Argyll and Bute (= The Buildings of Scotland. = Pevsner Architectural Guides. ). With contributions from Fiona Sinclair. Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 2000, ISBN 0-14-071079-5 , pp. 329-332.
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Entry on the website of the MacDougall clan ( Memento from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ a b c BBC News: Castle reopens after restoration , May 12, 2006.

Web links

Commons : Gylen Castle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files