Lochend Castle (Campbeltown)
| Lochend Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | around 1609 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, built over | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Place: | Campbeltown | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 25 '20.6 " N , 5 ° 36' 26.6" W | |
| Height: | 14 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Lochend Castle ( Scottish Gaelic : Caislen Cean Loch ) is an abandoned lowland castle in Campbeltown in the Scottish administrative unit Argyll and Bute . The castle once stood on Castlehill and that was where the MacDonald of Dunnyveg clan resided .
Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll , had the castle rebuilt around 1609 . In the wars of the three kingdoms , the castle appears to have been burned to the ground in 1647. In 1778 a church was built on the remains of the castle.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Campbeltown, 1-8 Castlehill Mansions . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved November 10, 2017.