What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunaverty Castle as Battle Site (17th Century), Castle (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.
A battle at Dunaverty Castle in Kintyre, Argyll, took place in 1646 during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Royalist forces under Sir James Campbell of Lochnell defeated a Covenanter army, securing the castle for the Royalist cause in the region.
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Places near here
Dunaverty, Former Lifeboat Station and SlipwayLifeboat Station (19th Century) - (20th Century), Pier (20th Century), Slipway (20th Century), Winch (20th Century) · 64 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_735863.jpg?width=1280)
Dunaverty, the BoathouseBoathouse (20th Century) - (20th Century), House (20th Century), Slipway (20th Century) · 82 yd
Dunaverty BayBeach / strand · 432 yd
Dunaverty Memorial Burial EnclosureArchaeological place · 744 yd
SouthendFindspot (period Unassigned), Axehead(s) (stone)(period Unassigned), Socketed Axehead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1011 yd
High KeilDun (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 1152 yd
'St. Columba's Footprints'Heritage attraction · 1687 yd
Keil CaveCave (period Unassigned), Occupation Site (late Iron Age) - (medieval), Bead(s) (early Medieval), Comb (roman), Penannular Brooch (early Medieval), Pin(s) (early Medieval), Slag (early Medieval), Unidentified Pottery (roman) · 1.0 mi
Keil CavesHeritage attraction · 1.0 mi
Carskey BayBeach / strand · 1.5 mi
Southend War MemorialMemorial · 1.9 mi
Sheep IslandIsland · 3.0 mi