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Summary Record
Date 2006 - 2007
Event ID 884918
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Summary Record
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/884918
Guarding the mouth of Loch Laich from the islet of Eilean an Stalcaire. Tower house built c. 1540 by the Stewarts of Appin after the subjugation of the W Isles by King James V.
Having passed through a number of owners and states of repair, roofless by the mid C19th. In the 1960's the castle was bought by the Allward family who embarked on a full repair and restoration.
RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.
