What is recorded here

Tarbet is a medieval castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, still standing where human hands first shaped stone. Whether it guarded a coast road, hid lovers during storms, or simply fed hungry travellers, that purpose has faded. The stones remain clear: a place was built, used, and remembered.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tarbet 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.

Tarbet Castle was built in the 13th century by the Macfarlane family, a powerful clan in the Loch Lomond area. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the Scottish Highlands and as the site of a significant Jacobite victory in 1746 during the War of Austrian Succession.

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