What is recorded here
Streatlam Castle occupied Trench Point in the nineteenth century, overlooking Campbeltown Harbour and the Firth of Clyde. Its brig structure suggested a place of passage, watchfulness, or local pride rather than distant grandeur. The sea would have touched that idea constantly, filling the point with motion, risk, and the possibility of being seen.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Streatlam Castle: Trench Point, Campbeltown Harbour, Kintyre, Firth of Clyde as Brig (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Streatlam Castle, located at Trench Point in Campbeltown Harbour, Kintyre, was built in the 19th century, likely as a defensive or coastal observation structure. It is remembered as part of Scotland's historic coastal defences and is recorded in the National Record of the Historic Environment.
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