Lochend Castle, Campbeltown
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| Lochend Castle | |
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Argyllshire | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NR718201 |
| Location: | 55°25’21"N, 5°36’27"W |
| Town: | Campbeltown |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Demolished |
Lochend Castle was a castle at Campbeltown at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula of Argyllshire. The castle once stood at the top of Castlehill, Campbeltown and was once occupied by the Chief of the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg.
The castle was rebuilt by Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, around 1609.[1]
The castle was a victim of the Civil War: in 1647, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the castle appears to have been razed to the ground. A church was built on the remains of the castle in 1778.[1]
