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Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe

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growing on an island in Loch Awe. The tree was guarded by a serpent or dragon which was wrapped around the trunk. Fraoch succeeded in stealing fruit from the tree, but when he was sent back to get the tree itself, the dragon pursued him. In the ensuing battle, both Fraoch and the dragon died. A cairn
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At the beginning of the 17th century, and sometime after the stone hall had been abandoned, a much smaller structure was built at the north-east corner of the hall. The remaining area of the hall, now roofless, was used as an inner courtyard. Finally, later in the 17th century, the small hall-house
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The ruins of the castle stand at the high point of the island, on the eastern rocky eminence. Archaeologists have identified remains from four different time periods. The earliest of these structures dates from the 13th century and comprises a stone hall-house which stands on the east side of the
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There is however, reason to suspect that the charter documenting the grant is spurious. Be that as it may, such a grant fits into the context of ongoing consolidation of Scottish royal power in the western fringes of the kingdom in the years following the
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The island and castle on it belonged to the Scottish king Alexander III. The castle may have been one of the earliest stone fortifications in the county of Argyll and prior to becoming a royal castle may have been occupied by the
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was enlarged during a final stage of reconstruction. The remaining walls have an average height of 4.6 metres (15 ft), whilst the north wall is the most intact and reaches a height of 9.0 metres (29.5 ft).
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Records of Argyll; legends traditions, and recollections of Argyllshire Highlanders, collected chiefly from the Gaelic, with notes on the antiquity of the dress, clan colours, or tartans, of the Highlanders
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site. Now ruined, it measured 80 feet (24 m) by 30 feet (9.1 m). At this time the rest of site would have been populated by wooden and turf out-buildings. This area was later enclosed by a stone
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During the 14th century the castle passed into the hands of the Campbell clan who already held a number of other castles along Loch Awe including
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was located nearby. The charter document bearing MacNauchtan's signature is said to be one of the oldest surviving documents in the
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Fraoch Eilean is one of a group of small islands at the north end of Loch Awe. To the north of Fraoch Eilean lies
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was raised on the spot where Fraoch fell and the island named in his honour. This legend, a version of the
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The island of Fraoch Eilean itself consists of two rocky eminences connected by a
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or artificial island with a second to the east near the shores of Loch Awe.
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The island has a strong strategic location given its position opposite the
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The full text of the charter is printed in Angus I. Macnaghten,
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at the northern end of Loch Awe. It commands a view towards the
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The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands
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The Chiefs of Clan Macnaghtan and Their Descendants
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Fitzgerald, "The Style of Ossian", 8: 1408:A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 1392:Description of the Western Isles of Scotland 405:Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie 28: 424:which included both a tower and a gateway. 2047: 2036: 1886: 1875: 1822: 1811: 1651: 1640: 1538: 1527: 1446: 1435: 1245: 1234: 1113: 1102: 966: 955: 939: 925: 917: 838: 836: 834: 832: 830: 524: 522: 520: 518: 516: 514: 87:Fraoch Eilean shown within Argyll and Bute 27: 759: 757: 736:. Edinburgh: Johnston and Bacon. p.  770:. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. p. 495. 538:Ancestry.com. Retrieved 23 August 2009. 436: 273:myth, is recounted in a Gaelic ballad, 678: 676: 1416:The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 558:from the original on 23 February 2012 492:. Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from 74: 7: 850:from the original on 19 October 2012 683:Macnaughton, Ken (29 January 2009). 616: 614: 612: 546: 544: 454:No. 114, Part 2 (October 1953:192f). 621:Macnaughton, Ken (September 2009). 470:. Edinburgh: W. 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Eilean Fraoch
Scottish Gaelic
Fraoch Eilean is located in Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference
NN108251
Coordinates
56°22′49″N 5°3′57″W / 56.38028°N 5.06583°W / 56.38028; -5.06583
Loch Awe
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Country
Scotland
United Kingdom
Loch Awe
Argyll and Bute
medieval
castle
Clan Macnaghten
Alexander III
heather
Scottish Gaelic
Fraoch
Celtic mythology
Rowan tree
Hesperides
Innischonain
Inishail
crannóg
sand
beach

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