What is recorded here

Dunoon Castle stands above Argyll and Bute, its old stones overlooking water that has carried rowing clubs, fishing boats and wartime memory for generations. The War Memorial marked at Dunoon records the lives lost in the two world wars, giving the town a visible line between everyday life and the reach of global conflict. Together they show how a small coastal place holds both ancient ambition and modern grief.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunoon, Dunoon Castle, Dunoon War Memorial as War Memorial (20th Century) (1922). 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.

Dunoon Castle, located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, was originally built in the 13th century by the MacDougall clan and later held by the Campbell family from the 15th century. The site is historically significant as a strategic stronghold on the Firth of Clyde and for its association with key events in Scottish medieval history.

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