Asgog Castle | |
Status: | Ruin |
Location: | Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
Address: | Asgog Loch |
Location City: | Millhouse |
Location Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 55.884°N -5.2846°W, National |
Designations: | Scheduled Monument: |
Asgog Castle, situated on the northwest shore of the Asgog Loch, on the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, was once the home of a cadet branch of Clan Lamont. It was first recorded in 1581, but may be mid-15th-century in date. In 1646, the castle was besieged and eventually destroyed by Clan Campbell,[1] during the conflict now known as the Dunoon massacre. Only three walls of the keep are now standing; of the courtyard, there are no identifiable remains.[2] [3]