Dunoon Castle Gardens 1909

Dunoon, Cowal, Argyll; some remains of castle. Held by the Stewarts, but was captured by Edward Balliol and the English in 1334, although recovered by the Scots soon afterwards. The ton was burnt by ...Read MoreDunoon, Cowal, Argyll; some remains of castle. Held by the Stewarts, but was captured by Edward Balliol and the English in 1334, although recovered by the Scots soon afterwards. The ton was burnt by the Earl of Lennox for the English in 1544, although the castle remained in Scottish hands. Mary, Queen of Scots, visited in 1563. In 1646 the Campbells massacred the Lamonts o Dunoon after a raid on Lamont territories. The castle was abandoned in the 1650s and the site is now a public park.View Less