List of castles in Argyll and Bute explained

This is a list of castles in Argyll and Bute.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
	Tower house	16th century	Ruined
		12th century	Demolished
		13th century	Ruined
	Tower house (square keep)	15th century	Ruined		Asgog Loch, Millhouse, Cowal peninsula	Coordinates, 194666, 670530: Clan Lamont
		c16th century	No longer standing		Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Cowal peninsula
	Tower house	17th century	In use as a hotel
	Castellated house	19th century			Calgary, Isle of Mull
	Tower house	16th century	Ruined
	Tower House	15th century	Ruined, undergoing restoration	Private	Argyll
		Before 17th century	Foundation Ruins
	Baronial House	16th century or earlier	Rebuilt	Private	Adfern
		13th century	Restored		Isle of Mull
	Baronial house	1860	Partially restored	Private
		13th century	Ruined
	L-plan tower house	16th century
	Tower house	13th century	Ruined		Oban
	Motte	13th-century	Ruined	Dunoon
	Castle of enceinte	c. 1220	Ruined	Historic Scotland		Almost entirely 13th century, although the upper gatehouse is late 15th century
	Tower house	13th century	Still in use as a residence		Argyll	The tower house is a 17th-century addition
	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined
		1240	Ruined
		1860	In use as a hotel and venue
	Tower house	1582	Ruined
		13th century	Ruined
	Castellated house	1746	Still in use as a residence
	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private
	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
	Tower house	16th century	Ruined
	Z-plan tower house	16th century	Restored
	Castellated house	19th century	In use as offices	Argyll County Council
	Tower House	c15th century	Ruin		Innellan, Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute
	Country house	1790
		15th century	Ruined
	Castellated house	19th century
		15th century	Ruined
		13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
	Tower house	16th century	Restored
		13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
	Tower house	15th century	Restored	Private	Loch Laich	Seen in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as "Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh"
		12th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
		Pre-13th century
	Baronial house	1858	Unoccupied residence	Private
		1815	In use as a residence	Private
	Tower house, later additions	c16th century	Ruined		Toward, Cowal peninsula
	Baronial house	1820	In use as a residence	Private	Toward, Cowal peninsula

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in Argyll and Bute

References

• Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press