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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 700494

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/700494

NS28SE 11 2707 8223.

(NS 2707 8223) Rosneath Castle (NR) (Site of)

There is reason to believe that the castle of Rosneath existed as a royal castle before the end of the 12th century. It is said to have been destroyed by Wallace.

Orig Paroch Scot 1850

Rosneath Castle is a small, castellated building situated on the point south of Camsail Bay. The Duke of Argyll enlarged it about 1630.

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845

The site how lies within a caravan site. No traces of the building exist.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 11 January 1963

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