Carnasserie Castle. General view from South.
SC 360813
Description Carnasserie Castle. General view from South.
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 360813
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 33664 CN
Scope and Content South facade of Carnassarie Castle, overlooking Kilmartin valley, Argyll Carnassarie Castle was granted to the Campbells of Auchenbreck in 1643 by the 1st Marquis (8th Earl) of Argyll, probably because of its strategic position. In 1685, the laird, Sir Duncan Campbell, supported the 9th Earl's unsuccessful revolt. About 1681, a walled garden was added to the south, probably for the laird's wife. Around that time, the castle's first-floor windows were remodelled, the central one becoming a door opening on to a forestair leading down to the garden. In 1685, 600 royalists stormed Carnassarie Castle after it was 'blown up by treachery'. They are said to have ignored its subsequent surrender, wounded twenty defenders, killed the laird's uncle, driven off 60 horses, and left the castle in ashes. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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