
What is recorded here
Robert the Bruce transformed Tarbert into a vast royal fortress in 1325, paying masons to widen walls and burn hundreds of chalderes of lime beneath a tightening Scottish crown. James IV later added a tower house and summoned Parliament to the bay, proving the site remained a powerful royal instrument rather than a forgotten border marker. The McAlister family eventually lost the place to decay, and neighbours robbed its stones to build the village, erasing much of the grandeur Bruce had purchased with gold.
Tarbert Castle is shown as a ruins on the public map of Argyll and Bute. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
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Places near here
Tarbert, Tarbert CastleCastle (medieval) · 48 yd
Tarbert, Fish Quay Harbour, Ice FactoryIce Factory (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 138 yd
Tarbert, Pier Road, Queen's GateVilla (19th Century) · 178 yd
Eilean a' ChòicIsland · 346 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 496 yd
East Loch TarbertBay · 529 yd
TarbertFindspot (period Unassigned), Mace (period Unassigned) · 1174 yd
West Loch TarbertEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
West Tarbert, Carrick CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.5 mi
Sgeir na DubhaidhIslet · 1.5 mi
Avinagillan Standing StoneHeritage attraction · 2.0 mi
Meall ReamharMountain / peak · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: James T M Towill · CC BY-SA 2.0