Tarbert Castle
| Tarbert Castle | ||
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 Tarbert Castle ruins |
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish royalty | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Tarbert | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 51 '51.7 " N , 5 ° 24' 31.4" W | |
| Height: | 24 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Tarbert Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the south bank of East Loch Tarbert at the northern end of the Kintyre peninsula in the Scottish administrative unit Argyll and Bute . In the Middle Ages, Tarbert Castle was a strategic royal fortress and one of three castles in Tarbert . The construction dates from before the 14th century and is located above the harbor. The tower dates from the time King James IV visited the Western Highlands in 1494.
history
In 712 Tarbert was burned down by the troops of King Selbach mac Ferchair from Cenél Loairn and Dalriada and again in 731 by his son Dúngal mac Selbaig .
In 1292 King Edward II of England handed control of the castle to the Scottish King John Balliol . In the 1320s, Robert the Bruce had the castle strengthened by adding an outer courtyard and towers to protect it against attacks by the Lords of the Isles . A tower house was added in the 16th century; today this is the most striking part of the remaining ruins. The castle ruins stand on a hill above the village and look up to Loch Fyne and to the Firth of Clyde . This castle was taken by King Jacob IV's troops in 1494 from John MacDonald of Islay, Lord of the Isles , as part of the campaign against the power of the Lords of the Isles. In 1687 the castle was embroiled in another skirmish when Walter Campbell of Skipness Castle took the then fortress of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll , as one of the support acts of the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
There are only a few walls standing upright to this day and they are considered to be in danger of collapsing. From the castle ruins you have a good view of the adjacent waterways. Tarbert Castle is a Scheduled Monument .
Constable of Tarbert Castle
- John de Lany (1326)
- Charles MacAlister (1451)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annals of Ulster, AD 431-1201 . Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition. 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ The MacMillans in Knapdale . 2009. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
swell
- David Hicks (1982) The Highland Clans . 1982. ISBN 978-0-09-144740-3 .
