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Dunstaffnage Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Dhùn Stadhainis) is a partially ruined castle in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It lies 3 miles (5 km) NNE of Oban , situated on a platform of conglomerate rock on a promontory at the south-west of the entrance to Loch Etive , and is surrounded on three sides by the sea. [ 1 ]
St Margaret's Chapel: Edinburgh Castle: Edinburgh: 1130 Chapel The oldest building in Edinburgh. [95] Cubbie Roo's Castle: Wyre: Orkney: c. 1145 Castle The ruins include a small square keep still extant to 2.4 metres (8 ft) in height. [96] Castle Sween: Knapdale: Argyll and Bute: c. 1150 Castle The main structure is a mid-12th-century ...
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The Lamont strongholds were then looted and burnt to the ground. Sir James and his closest kin were shipped to Inveraray Castle, although he was held in the dungeons of Dunstaffnage Castle for the next five years. At Inverary, Sir James was forced to sign over all of the Lamont lands to Clan Campbell. In the churchyard at Dunoon, about a ...
Dunstaffnage can refer to: Dunbeg, the Scottish village formerly known as Dunstaffnage; Dunstaffnage Castle This page was last edited on 28 ...
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Just outside the town, stands Dunollie Castle, [6] on a site that overlooks the main entrance to the bay and has been fortified since the Bronze Age. Just to the north of Oban, at Dunstaffnage, excavations in 2010, by Argyll Archaeology in advance of the development of the European Marine Science Park, found evidence that people were also ...
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