This is a list of castles in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
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 Asgog Castle Tower house (square keep) 15th century Ruined Asgog Loch, Millhouse, Cowal peninsula Coordinates, 194666, 670530: Clan Lamont Auchenbreck Castle 16th century No longer standing Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Cowal peninsula Clan Campbell 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 Castle House19th centuryDunoon Castle Stalker Tower house 15th century Restored Private Loch Laich Seen in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as "Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh" Castle Sween12th centuryRuinedHistoric ScotlandEastern shore of Loch SweenCastle TowardBaronial house1820In use as a residencePrivateToward, Cowal peninsula 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 Knockamillie Castle Tower House c15th century Ruin Innellan, Cowal peninsula Lochnell Castle 16th century Private Residence Benderloch Minard Castle Castellated house 19th century Loch Fyne Moy Castle 15th century Ruined Near Lochbuie, Mull New Castle Lachlan Country house 1790 Strathlachlan Old Castle Lachlan 15th century Ruined Loch Fyne 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 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
See also
Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Argyll and Bute
References
Bibliography Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press