
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Saddell Castle as Castle (medieval), Drain(s) (17th Century) - (18th Century), Midden (17th Century) - (18th 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.
Saddell Castle was built by the MacDowalls, a minor noble family of Kintyre, in the 13th or 14th century. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the region and for its later association with the Campbells of Argyll during the 17th century.
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Places near here
Saddell HouseHouse (18th Century) · 366 yd
Saddell BayBay · 428 yd
Monks Well, Saddell AbbeySpring · 685 yd
Saddell AbbeyHoly Well (medieval) · 701 yd
Saddell Burial GroundBurial Ground (post Medieval) · 729 yd
Leo: Pluck Point, Kintyre, Kilbrannan Sound, Firth of ClydeSteamship (19th Century) · 866 yd
UgadaleBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Cnoc a' MhadaidhMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Robert and Christian: Island Ross, Kintyre, Kilbrannan Sound, Firth of ClydeCraft (19th Century) · 2.6 mi
Torrisdale BayBeach / strand · 2.8 mi
Torrisdale Castle EstateCastle · 2.9 mi
Sgreadan HillMountain / peak · 3.2 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0