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Achallader Castle
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Achallader Castle
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Achallader House
Canmore ID 23901
Site Number NN34SW 1
NGR NN 32218 44249
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23901
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Glenorchy And Inishail (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN34SW 1 32218 44249
(NN 3222 4428) Tower (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1970)
Achallader Castle, a small tower house, was built by Sir Duncan Campbell shortly before 1600. The castle was attacked and burnt by members of the Jacobite army in 1689, and is now fragmentary. While the N and E walls stand almost to their original heights, only a small portion of the W surives and the S wall has disappeared completely.
The tower is oblong on plan, measuring 8.7m from E to W by 6.7m transversely over walls which vary in thickness from 0.91 to 1.07m. The accommodation comprised three storeys and a garret, the side-walls rising to a height of 9.3m. The masonry is of random rubble laid in lime mortar, with dressings of schist.
RCAHMS 1975, visited 1970
When visited in 1962, the remains of Achallader Castle were in a condition similar to that described by the RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (EG) 27 June 1962
REFERENCE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SCOTLAND (SRO)
New of destruction of the Castle
Letter from Lord Breadalbane to Alexander Campbell.
1689 GD 170/629/14 and 15
[Cross ref GD 112/40/3. Order for burning the Castle.]
