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Dunoon Castle

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Days at the coast : a series of sketches descriptive of the Firth of Clyde, its watering places, its scenery, and its associations
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for repairs to the castle in 1468, and made him keeper of the castle in 1472. By the 15th century it was a royal castle with the
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The castle is first recorded in the thirteenth century. It may have been constructed in the context of the
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in which the Campbells slaughtered men, women, children, and infants of Clan Lamont. After the
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The castle was a royal residence in the 14th century, and in the 17th century fell into ruins.
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The remains of the castle, and a surrounding area, are a scheduled monument.
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Atkinson, JA; Photos-Jones, E; Roberts, J; Rutherford, A; Smith, C (2000).
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Dunoon Castle engraving by William Miller after W Brown
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Firth of Clyde
Dunoon Castle is located in Scotland
Dunoon Castle is located in Argyll and Bute
Coordinates
55°56′44″N 4°55′26″W / 55.945599°N 4.9238077°W / 55.945599; -4.9238077
grid reference
NS 04064 91102
SM5450
Dunoon
Cowal Peninsula
Argyll and Bute
Castle House


Stewarts
Edward Balliol
Edward III of England
Robert the Steward, later King Robert II of Scotland
Lochow
James III
Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll
Campbells
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
Henry VIII of England
Rothesay
Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll
Mary, Queen of Scots
Jean Stewart, Countess of Argyll
Chaseabout Raid

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