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The
current building is believed to be the second on the site,
dating from the 12th century. Belonging
originally to the Lamonts, it passed to the Campbells of
Argyll in the 1300s. A rectangular Tower house was built in
the 15th Century with a further addition some 300
years later. Records show that Mary, Queen of Scots was a
guest at the castle in around 1563. During the Argyll
rebellion against the accession of James VII (and II) as
head of the Scottish Kirk, Carrick castle was captured and
destroyed by john Murray, Marquis of Atholl in 1685.
Although a
roofless ruin still, it remains impressive with 2 floors
above a Central Hall. It also claims a “curiousity” – a
small chimney built into a recess in a window!
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