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Duntrune Castle, Garden

Garden (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Duntrune Castle, Garden occupies the rocky shore of Argyll and Bute, where castle walls and living plants share one address. The garden may have served the castle for centuries, giving residents vegetables, flowers or simply a place to watch the water move. Stone and soil both belong to the same household, even when no name remains attached to either.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Duntrune Castle, Garden as Garden (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Duntrune Castle, Garden is associated with Duntrune Castle, a 14th-century fortress built by the MacDougall clan in Argyll, western Scotland. The castle and its garden are remembered for their historical significance in the region's medieval landscape and clan history.

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