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Island I Vow, Castle

Castle (16th Century)
Island I Vow, Castle
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Island I Vow, Castle stands in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, a 16th Century structure whose exact position is known to the nearest metre. The castle may have watched the water, guarded a narrow approach or simply given a family a dry room when storms broke against the island. Whatever it did, the vow in its name suggests promise, ownership or warning, while the ruins leave the exact circumstance unfinished.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Island I Vow, Castle as Castle (16th 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.

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Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0