Kinlochaline Castle
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 Kinlochaline Castle |
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| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Sandstone blocks | |
| Place: | Morvern | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 33 '51.1 " N , 5 ° 44' 56.7" W | |
| Height: | 14 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Kinlochaline Castle is a fortress on the property Ardtornish in Morvern in the Scottish management unit Highland . The Niederungsburg from the 12th century is also called Caisteal an Ime (German: Butterburg) in Scottish Gaelic , because a lady from the MacInnes clan , Dubh Chal (German: Lady of the Black Veil), the master builder with butter, whose Volume that corresponded to the castle should have paid.
description
Kinlochaline Castle is at one end of Loch Aline in a strategic location for coastal defense. The tower is four stories high, covers a floor space of 13.07 meters by 10.34 meters and has walls made of 3 meter thick blocks of rare sandstone .
history
The castle was burned to the ground in 1644 when it was besieged by Alasdair MacColla during the War of the Three Kingdoms . In 1679 the castle was attacked in a feud by Archibald Campbell , 9th Earl of Argyll . Kinlochaline Castle was abandoned around 1690.
The rebuilding of the castle in the late 1990s was overseen by Historic Scotland . Today it is a residential building. Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category B Historic Building.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kinlochaline Castle . International Association of Clan MacInnes. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ↑ Kinlochaline Castle . The Kinlochaline Castle Project. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
