Breachacha Castle
| Breachacha Castle | |
| Argyllshire | |
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 Breacacha Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NM15895401 |
| Location: | 56°35’30"N, 6°37’47"W |
| History | |
| Built 1750 | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
Breachacha Castle (also spelled 'Breacachadh') is a country house on the shore of Loch Breachacha, on the Isle of Coll in Argyllshire. Also though the name is that of the earlier castle (otherwise called 'Old Breachacha Castle') close by: a 15th-century tower house that was a stronghold of the Macleans of Coll, the island having been granted to John Maclean in 1431.[1]
This old castle was superseded by a new dwelling in 1750, though the old castle has since been restored.
The new Breachacha Castle, also known as Breachacha House, is a Category A listed building,[2][3] was constructed in the mid-18th century 150 yards north-west of the old castle.
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell stayed at the newer castle on their tour of the Hebrides.[4][5]
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References
- ↑ Old Breachacha Castle including Battery Wall and Outbuildings (also known as Breacachadh Castle) (Category A) - Listing detail (Historic Environment Scotland)
- ↑ Breachacha Castle (Category A) - Listing detail (Historic Environment Scotland)
- ↑ CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Breacacha House
- ↑ "Gaelic Ring: Tiree: Coll". The Gaelic Rings. http://www.gaelic-rings.com/coll/index.php?top=1&mid=5&base=3&ring=Tiree. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ↑ Johnson, Samuel (1924). Chapman, R. W. ed. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Oxford: Oxford UP. p. 112.