Where is Kilmory Castle?

Kilmory Castle is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.0259°, -5.4216°.

Castles · Scottish Highlands

Kilmory Castle

Kilmory Castle in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Kilmory Castle is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Kilmory Castle, also known as Kilmory House, is a large 19th century house located just to the south of Lochgilphead, in old county Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. It is currently occupied by the headquarters of the Argyll and Bute Council. The gardens are open to the public and form part of a country park on the former estate. The house is protected as a category B listed building.

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Background

History

A house may have stood on the site as early as the 14th century. There was a church at Kilmory in ancient times, and in the 1550s the church and lands of Kilmory were held by the Abbot of Paisley. In 1575, the estate was owned by Donald Campbell of Kilmory, and remained in the Campbell family for over 250 years. Peter Campbell of Kilmory rebuilt the house between 1816 and 1820; his son-in-law Sir John Orde reported that it had previously had a thatched roof. Orde married Eliza Campbell, the eldest daughter and co-heir of Peter Campbell, in 1826, then purchased the estates following the death of his father-in-law in 1828 and of his wife in 1829. Orde transformed the modest old Campbell house…

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