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The castle
overlooking Tarbert and its harbour and approaches from Loch
Fyne is an example of a Tower House castle. In fact it is
only the tower house which is now left standing. In fact if you
look carefully around on the grass hillocks beside the caste it
becomes obvious that this was once a substantial building,
probably about a similar size to the magnificent
Skipness Castle
a little
further south.
The castle
is unfortunately in a really bad state of disrepair and is held
up by both scaffolding and in places by the ivy that is growing
up the walls. It is currently in the hands of the Tarbert and
Skipness community, however it needs a funded project to help at
least to maintain what is left otherwise there will be little to
see in future years.
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Tarbert
castle was built in the early 13th century and in the early
14th century (1325) it was added to and strengthened by
Robert the Bruce. At the end of the 15th century (1494)
James IV built the Tower House and repaired much of the
rest.
In
1499 the castle was turned over to Archibald, Earl of
Argyll. Historically all was silent until 1685 when a force
of about 2000 militia joined the castle in support of the
rebellion against James VII (of Scotland of Course).
After the fall of the rebellion the lands were confiscated
and the ill fated earl of Argyll at that time lost his head. |
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The
nearest Town is Tarbert Loch Fyne,
with its
harbour vies and fishing port pier.
Please use this map to orientate
yourself to the general area and vicinity of the castle
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