Building in Scotland
| Asgog Castle | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Status | Ruin |
| Location | Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
| Address | Asgog Loch |
| Town or city | Millhouse |
| Country | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55°53′02″N 5°17′05″W / 55.884015°N 5.284626°W / 55.884015; -5.284626, National grid reference NR 94666 70530 |
| Designations | Scheduled Monument: LB12082 |
Asgog Castle, situated on the northwest shore of the Asgog Loch, on the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, was once the home of a cadet branch of Clan Lamont. It was first recorded in 1581, but may be mid-15th-century in date. In 1646, the castle was besieged and eventually destroyed by Clan Campbell, during the conflict now known as the Dunoon massacre. Only three walls of the keep are now standing; of the courtyard, there are no identifiable remains.
References
- "Asgog Castle". Scottish Castles Association. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- Argyll: An Inventory of the Monuments: Volume 7: Mid Argyll & Cowal. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 1992. p. 212–213. ISBN 0-11-494094-0.
- Coventry, Martin (1997). The Castles of Scotland (2nd ed.). Goblinshead. p. 58. ISBN 1-899874-10-0.
External links
- "Ascog Castle". Clan Lamont Society.
- "Lamont Clan". Scotland in Oils.
- "Castle Ascog, by Ascog Loch (Achoire)". Historic Environment Scotland.
- Map sources for Asgog Castle
Media related to Asgog Castle at Wikimedia Commons
