What is recorded here

Castle Sween rose in the 1140s when Suibhne the Red built a stone curtain wall around a landing point for small galleys. The castle changed hands repeatedly, passing from MacSweens to Stewarts, MacDonalds, Campbells, and finally into public care. Alaisdair MacColla destroyed it in the 1640s, and it has stood ruined ever since.

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

Built by the Clan MacSween in the 13th century, Castle Sween is one of the oldest surviving stone castles in Scotland and is remembered for its strategic role in the defense of the Kintyre Peninsula during the medieval period.

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