What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Carnassarie Castle as Gateway (17th Century), Outbuilding(s) (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval). 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.
Carnassarie Castle, a medieval tower house in Kintyre, Scotland, was built in the 15th or 16th century by the MacLachlan clan, who were prominent local landowners. It is remembered as a significant example of a defensible lowland tower house and as part of the historical landscape of the region.
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Places near here
Carnasserie CastleCup Marked Stone (prehistoric) · 18 yd
CarnasserieCist (bronze Age) · 369 yd
Creag BhreacCup Marked Rock (prehistoric) · 585 yd
Am BàrrMountain / peak · 1674 yd
Glebe CairnVisitor information · 1.2 mi
Kilmartin House MuseumMuseum · 1.3 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
Beinn BhànMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Kilmartin GlenVisitor information · 1.3 mi
Maol Achadh-bheinnCave (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Kilmartin Primary SchoolSchool (19th Century) (1840) · 1.8 mi
Nether Largie South CairnHeritage attraction · 1.9 miOther information
Photo: sylvia duckworth · CC BY-SA 2.0