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Castle Sween in Argyll and Bute

Castle Sween in Argyll and Bute is an attraction. Castle Sween is also known as Sween Castle. Castle Sween is near East Loch Sween Road. Ⓦ.
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Historic Scotland
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Castle Sween Geograph.org.uk 220264
Castle Sween. Castle Sween is in the care of Historic Scotland. The castle was built in the late 12C by Suibhne, ancestor of the MacSweens, as a quadrangular enclosure with buildings on the inside. Towers were added in the 14C and 15C. From 1262, the castle was held by the Stewart Earls of Menteith, but after a period on the hands of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles, it reverted to the Crown in 1481, when James III appointed as Keeper Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll. It was abandoned in 1645. – Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0 – Wikimedia Commons

Roads nearby

East Loch Sween Road
Kilmory Cottages, Kilmory
2,2 km
Ellary Road (Private)
3,1 km
Woodland Trail
Taynish Mill
5,5 km

Nature nearby

Sgeir Bun an Locha
2,6 km
Eilean a'Chapuill
2,8 km
Liath Eilean
2,8 km
Eilean Puirt Leithe
3,6 km
Eilean nan Leac
3,8 km
Sgeir Bheag
3,8 km
Taynish Island
4,2 km
Eilean Gamhna
4,4 km
Corr Eilean
4,6 km
Dubh Sgeir
4,8 km
Carraig an Daimh
5,0 km
Carraig na h-Acairseid
5,6 km

Attraction nearby

Kilmory Chapel
3,9 km

Body of waters nearby

Loch na h-Earrainn
2,1 km
Loch na Crannaig
3,2 km
Loch Meadhonach
3,3 km
Loch a' Bhealaich
3,4 km
Loch Mhic Eanluig
4,1 km
Loch Cam a' Phuirt
4,3 km
Loch na Beiste
4,3 km
Lochan Sidhein Bhuidhe
4,4 km
Loch na Fola
4,4 km
Loch na Cille
5,3 km
Loch nan Cnaimh
5,8 km

Buildings nearby

Keillbeg
2,5 km
Sea Pool Cottage
5,8 km

Houses nearby

Keills House
2,4 km
Ellary House
3,9 km
Taynish House
4,5 km
Dunrostan Cottage
4,5 km

Rivers nearby

Allt Cinn-locha
5,4 km

Ruins nearby

The Piggery
4,3 km

Streams nearby

Allt an Duin Bhig
1,4 km
Lochan Dubh
1,6 km
Abhainn Mhor
2,6 km
Allt Loch na Fola
2,8 km
Kilmory Burn
3,0 km
Ellary Burn
3,5 km
Allt an Duin
4,2 km
Eas Daltot
5,3 km
Allt an Aomaidh
5,8 km
Allt Bhaile Bhòidhich
6,0 km

Other nearby

Craighouse - Tayvallich
1,8 km
Island of Danna
1,9 km
Eilean nan Uan
3,0 km
Sgeir Dhonncha
3,2 km
Commissioned by Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe
Owner Historic Environment Scotland
Heritage designation scheduled monument, category A listed building
Located in Argyll and Bute, North Knapdale
Country United Kingdom
Website https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/castle-sween/
Described by source CastlesFortsBattles