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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 49 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets XXXi, XLV, LIX, LXXV, LXXXIX, CI and CII, OS1/2/49

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[Page] 153
Sheet 101 Argyllshire

Kilchurn Castle, note in red ink: "in G.T. [Gothic Text?]", pencilled note: "1440s" [linking arrow] "Ought not the date of the building be given?"
[Later note in Sepia Ink in Names Column]: "A.D. 1440"
"The square tower still of a castellated form was built in 1440 by Sir"
"Colin Campbell, Knight of Rhodes. Successive additions were made to it and part of"
"it was garrisoned by the King's forces in 1743". Old Stat: [Statistical] Account.

"On a rocky peninsula at one time probably an island on the eastern shore of Loch Awe"
"stands Kilchurn or Caolchurn Castle a square tower surrounded by a high wall with battlements and"
"with round towers at the angles. The castle appears to have been built in 1440 by Sir Colin Campbell". Origines Parochiales

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 49 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets XXXi, XLV, LIX, LXXV, LXXXIX, CI and CII, OS1/2/49

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Lismore and Appin, Ardchattan, Muckairn and Glenorchy and Inishail.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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