What is recorded here

Kilchurn Castle rose from a small island in Loch Awe around 1450 when Sir Colin Campbell claimed the land for Glenorchy. The family kept rebuilding the place for three centuries, adding halls, chambers and a chapel until they abandoned it for Taymouth Castle. Lightning struck the old stones later, breaking what remained of the structure. Today the ruin stands on a rocky peninsula, still holding the shape of the campbell ambition that once dominated the central Highlands.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kilchurn Castle as 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.

Kilchurn Castle was built in the late 15th century by the Clan Campbell, specifically for Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll. It is important as a well-preserved example of a tower house and as a strategic stronghold in the history of the Scottish Highlands.

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