Volume contents
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- 250 - Various Parishes , Title page
- 251 - Various Parishes , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GYLEN CASTLE (In Ruins) | Gylen Castle (Remains of) |
A. McCulloch | 098 | A small castle situated on the top of a precipitous knoll near the south end of Kerrera. It has evidently not been intended as a place of defence, it being very small, but as a watch tower, the view southwards being very extensive. At the period of the civil wars in the beginning of the 17th Century Gylen Castle a stronghold of the McDougalls romantically situated upon a rocky promontory in the Island of Kerrera, was beleagured and taken by a detachment of the main army despatched into Argyllshire in 1647 under General Leslie. Robert Bruce's brooch happened at this period to be deposited in Gylen Castle and became the spoil of Campbell of Inverawe. New Statl. [Statistical] Acccount. On this island are the ruins of Gylen Castle said to be of [Danish?] Origin, but latterly a stronghold of the McDougalls. Origines Parochiales. |
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Transcriber's notes
The word in the Descriptive Remarks, partially obscured in the fold and shown with [?], looks as though it is "Danish". The castle was built by Duncan McDougall in 1582 but in the 13thC Kerrera was under Norwegian rule and there is mention of an earlier fortification. I was unable to find the reference in" Origines Parochiales".
Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 53 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets XCVII, XCVIII, CIX, CX, CXXI, CXXII, CXXIII, CXXIX, CXXX, CXXXI, CXXXII, OS1/2/53
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Craignish, Inveraray, Kilchrenan and Dalavich, Kilmartin, Kilmore and Kilbride, Kilninver and Kilmelfort.
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.