What is recorded here

Moil Castle was a medieval stronghold of Clan Donald near Campbeltown on Kintyre. It is no longer a standing castle, but its name still marks the kind of place where local power was displayed: a defensible seat set among the coast and hills, used for residence, authority and resistance. What is missing is not a small detail. Without its rooms, yards and defenses, the castle becomes a vacancy in the landscape, a place where human ambition disappeared but did not stop shaping the ground.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Moil Castle as Castle (medieval). 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.

Moil Castle was a medieval stronghold, likely built in the 13th or 14th century, and is remembered for its strategic location in the Scottish Borders, an area frequently contested during conflicts between England and Scotland.

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