| Carrick Castle | |
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 Carrick Castle being restored, 2019 | |
 Interactive map of the Carrick Castle area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tower House |
| Location | Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute.,Carrick Castle (village), Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 56°06′31″N4°54′20″W / 56.108742°N 4.9054980°W /56.108742; -4.9054980, Nationalgrid referenceNS 19422 94469 |
| Construction started | 14th Century |
| Height | 64ft |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Stone |
| Floor count | 2 |
Listed Building – Category A | |
| Official name | Carrick Castle |
| Designated | 20 July 1971 |
| Reference no. | LB11815 |
| Official name | Carrick Castle |
| Type | Secular: castle |
| Designated | 28 September 1966 |
| Reference no. | SM2495 |
Carrick Castle is a 14th-centurytower house on the west shore ofLoch Goil on theCowal Peninsula, inArgyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located between Cuilmuich and Carrick, 4 miles (6.4 km) south ofLochgoilhead.
The castle stands on a rocky peninsula, and was formerly defended to landward by a ditch anddrawbridge. The building is around 66 by 38 feet (20 by 12 m), and up to 64 feet (20 m) high with walls seven feet thick.[1] It consists of two floors above the central great hall and stands 64 feet high. There is a curiosity – a small chimney is built into a window recess. There is an appendage of a smaller 17th century structure to the original rectangular tower house. The structure has been designated ascheduled monument and aCategory A listed building byHistoric Environment Scotland.[2][3]
Modern-day houses in the surrounding area take the nameCarrick Castle.
The castle was probably built by theCampbells in the last decades of the fourteenth century,[4] at a point of time when the family was dominant in the area.[5]
It was used as a hunting lodge byJames IV.[6][7][8][9]Mary, Queen of Scots visited in 1563, staying at the castle on 20 and 21 June.[10]
DuringArgyll's Rising in 1685, whenArchibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, attempted to overthrow KingJames VII, captain Thomas Hamilton ofHMSKingfisher reported that the castle had been burnt and walls reduced sufficiently to make it useless to the Campbell forces. Legend has it that the ship bombarded the castle, badly damaging the keep, which lost its roof.[11][12]
The castle was intermittently occupied until it was sold to theMurrays, theEarls of Dunmore.
The keep was a ruin for many years but is now in private ownership and undergoing restoration.
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