Kelspoke Castle
| Kelspoke Castle | ||
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 A small fragment of wall, along with the outline of the foundations, form the only visible remains of Kelspoke Castle |
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| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | red sandstone | |
| Place: | Isle of Bute | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 44 '35.5 " N , 5 ° 1' 5.9" W | |
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Kelspoke Castle is a ruined castle above the Kilchattan Bay on the Isle of Bute in the Scottish administration unit Argyll and Bute .
description
Only a few aboveground ruins remain from the castle . It was probably a tower house with an L-shaped floor plan, which was built from red sandstone . The construction time is not known.
The main building in the southeast covered an area of 6 meters × 6 meters. Of this, a 1.3 meter high and 1.2 meter wall remains in the northeast corner. The wing of the building covered an area of 16 meters by 5 meters. However, only the grass-covered foundations remain.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kelspoke Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.