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Publication Account
Date 1990
Event ID 1022154
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1022154
Small island in Kyles of Bute, formerly ‘castrum inexpugnible domini de Lauquhaw’ (‘an impregnable castle of the [Campbell] Lord of Lochawe’; Walter Bower, c.1445). Used as principal magazine in 9th Earl of Argyll’s invasion, captured and blown up by Government naval force, 1685. Excavation 1960s; foundations of tower, hall and chapel identifiable.
Information from ‘RCAHMS Excursion guide 1990: Commissioners' field excursion, Argyll, 7-9 May 1990’.
