Largie Castle (Rhunahaorine)
| Largie Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 15th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Place: | Rhunahorine | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 40 '28 " N , 5 ° 38' 39.7" W | |
| Height: | 35 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Largie Castle is a ruined castle in the village Rhunahaorine on the peninsula Kintyre in Scotland administrative unit Argyll and Bute .
history
The castle was built by the MacDonald of Largie clan , descendants of the Lords of the Isles of the MacDonald family . They had owned the land since the mid-15th century. This was the seat of the family until it was moved to Largie Castle in Tayinloan at the end of the 18th century . The castle is said to have been a small, simple, but fortified house with a rectangular floor plan.
After the Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss general ordered David Leslie , the castle in 1647 grind .
today
Under the ruins of a farmhouse there are parts of the building that are assigned to the old castle: At the southwest end of the farm there is a cellar that is filled with rubble. On the northern and eastern edge there are 2.2 meter high pieces of wall that were once part of the enclosure of the castle.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Old Largie Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ↑ Ronachan Places . Excelsior Information Systems. Retrieved July 8, 2009.