What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, Wester Kames Castle as Castle (16th Century), Tower House (19th Century) - (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Wester Kames Castle on Bute was built in the 16th century, likely by the Colquhouns, a prominent local family, and later modified in the 19th century. It is remembered as a significant example of Scottish tower house architecture and as a historic family seat in the Clyde Islands region.
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Places near here
Wester Kames CastleCastle · 4 yd
Kames CastleCastle · 578 yd
Bute, Kames Castle, Gardener's CottageGardeners Lodge (period Unassigned) · 672 yd
Bute, Tigh-an-tudorBuilding (18th Century), Cottage (19th Century) - (20th Century), Kennels (19th Century) - (20th Century), Smallholding (18th Century) · 717 yd
Bute, CranslagmoryFarmstead (period Unassigned), Horse Engine Platform (19th Century) · 992 yd
Bute, Port Bannatyne, Marine Road, Boat Yard and MarinaBoat Yard (20th Century), Marina (20th Century) · 1130 yd
Edinbeg HillMountain / peak · 1193 yd
Bute, St Colmac's ChurchBurial Ground (post Medieval), Church (19th Century) (1835) · 1213 yd
Kames BayBay · 1347 yd
Co-worker: Port Bannatyne QuayMotor Fishing Vessel (20th Century) · 1419 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1605 yd
Muírton HillMountain / peak · 1.0 miOther information
Photo: Raibeart MacAoidh · CC BY-SA 2.0