Kilmartin Castle
| Kilmartin Castle | |
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 Kilmartin Castle - again with a roof (2006) |
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| Creation time : | End of the 16th century |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility |
| Construction: | Quarry stone |
| Place: | Kilmartin |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 8 '8.1 " N , 5 ° 29' 4.8" W |
| Height: | 78 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference |
Kilmartin Castle is the ruin of a tower house in Kilmartin in the Scottish administrative division Argyll and Bute .
history
The priest of Kilmartin had the building with a Z-shaped floor plan built as a residence at the end of the 16th century. It later belonged to the Campbell clan .
description
The building is oriented in north-south direction. There are round towers at the northeast and southwest corners of the three-story main house. A small stair tower is built on the west facade. The quarry stone walls are provided with numerous loopholes .
The ruin no longer had a roof, but was restored in the 1990s.
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- Kilmartin Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments. Retrieved October 9, 2017.