Askomill House
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| Askomill House | |
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Argyllshire | |
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| Type: | Fortified house |
| Location | |
| Town: | Campbeltown |
| History | |
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Askomill House, also known as Askomull House, was a fortified house which stood north-east of what is now Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula of Argyllshire.
History
Angus MacDonald, 8th of Dunnyveg, while at his Kintyre house in 1598, was surrounded by 100-200 armed men led by his son James MacDonald who had been sent by the Privy Council to seek his father's submission to King James V of Scotland. Angus refused to come out from his house and suffered burns after his son James set fire to the house. He was subsequently captured and held in irons at Smerby Castle.[1]
References
- ↑ A. MacDonald, et al. p.569.
- Macdonald, Angus; Macdonald, Archibald (1900). The Clan Donald. 2. Inverness: The Northern Counties Publishing Company, Ltd. https://archive.org/details/clandonald20macd.
