List of castles in Argyll and Bute

This is a list of castles in Argyll and Bute.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Achallader Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		3.5 miles north of Bridge of Orchy
Ardencaple Castle		12th century	Demolished	Royal Navy	1.6 km from Helensburgh
Aros Castle		13th century	Ruined		Isle of Mull, 2 km north of Salen
Barcaldine Castle	Tower house	17th century	In use as a hotel		Loch Creran near Oban
Calgary Castle	Castellated house	19th century			Calgary, Isle of Mull
Carnasserie Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Carrick Castle	Tower House	15th century	Ruined, undergoing restoration	Private	Argyll
Claig Castle		Before 17th century	Foundation Ruins		Isle of Fraoch Eilean
Craignish Castle	Baronial House	16th century or earlier	Rebuilt	Private	Adfern	see Craignish
Duart Castle		13th century	Restored	Chief of Clan Maclean	Isle of Mull
Dunans Castle	Baronial house	1860	Partially restored	Private	Glendaruel
Dunaverty Castle		13th century	Ruined		Kintyre
Dundarave Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century		Chief of Clan MacNaghten	5 km northeast of Inveraray
Dunollie Castle	Tower house	13th century	Ruined		Oban
Dunoon Castle	Motte	13th-century	Ruined	Dunoon	Cowal
Dunstaffnage Castle	Castle of enceinte	c. 1220	Ruined	Historic Scotland		Almost entirely 13th century, although the upper gatehouse is late 15th century
Duntrune Castle	Tower house	13th century	Still in use as a residence	Chief of Clan Malcolm	Argyll	The tower house is a 17th-century addition
Dunyvaig Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined		Islay
Fincharn Castle		1240	Ruined		Shore of Loch Awe
Glengorm Castle		1860	In use as a hotel and venue		6 km north of Tobermory
Gylen Castle	Tower house	1582	Ruined		Kerrera
Innes Chonnel Castle		13th century	Ruined		Loch Awe
Inveraray Castle	Castellated house	1746	Still in use as a residence	Duke of Argyll	Inveraray
Kames Castle	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	Isle of Bute
Kilchurn Castle	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Loch Awe
Kilmahew Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Roman Catholic Church	Cardross
Kilmartin Castle	Z-plan tower house	16th century	Restored
Kilmory Castle	Castellated house	19th century	In use as offices	Argyll County Council	Lochgilphead
Castle Lachlan	Country house	1790			Strathlachlan
Old Castle Lachlan		15th century	Ruined		Loch Fyne
Minard Castle	Castellated house	19th century			Loch Fyne
Moy Castle		15th century	Ruined		Near Lochbuie, Mull
Rothesay Castle	Shell keep	13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Rothesay
Saddell Castle	Tower house	16th century	Restored	Landmark Trust	Shore of Kilbrannan Sound	See Saddell
Skipness Castle		13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Skipness
Castle Stalker	Tower house	15th century	Restored	Private	Loch Laich	Seen in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as "Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh"
Castle Sween		12th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Eastern shore of Loch Sween
Tarbert Castle		Pre-13th century			South shore of East Loch Tarbert
Torosay Castle	Baronial house	1858	Unoccupied residence	Private	Isle of Mull
Torrisdale Castle		1815	In use as a residence	Private	Torrisdale
Castle Toward	Baronial house	1820	In use as a residence	Private	Cowal

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in Argyll and Bute

Notes

References

• Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press