Where is Kinlochaline Castle?

Kinlochaline Castle is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.5641°, -5.7490°.

Castles · Scottish Islands

Kinlochaline Castle

Also known as: Caisteal an Ime

Kinlochaline Castle in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Kinlochaline 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

Kinlochaline Castle is a 15th-century Scottish tower house on the Ardtornish estate in Morvern in the Highland council area. It is also known as Caisteal an Ime (Scottish Gaelic for Castle of Butter) because a Lady of Clan MacInnes, Dubh Chal (Lady of the Black Veil), is said to have paid the builder with butter equal to the volume of the castle.

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Background

History

Kinlochaline Castle is located at the head of Loch Aline, positioned strategically for coastal defence. The castle was attacked by the Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll in 1679, during a feud. Kinlochaline was abandoned about 1690. Re-construction in the late 1990s was overseen by Historic Scotland. The castle is now a residence.

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