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Dunderave Castle

Field	Value
name	Dunderave Castle
location	Near Inverary, Argyle, Scotland
image	[[File:Dunderave_Castle,_Loch_Fyne,_Argyll_-_geograph.org.uk_-_47961.jpg	250px]]
caption	Dunderave Castle on the shores of Loch Fyne
map_type	UK Scotland
map_relief	1
map_caption	Shown within Scotland
coordinates
map_size	150
type	L-Plan Castle
built	c.1500
builder	MacNaughton clan

Dunderave Castle is an L-plan castle built in the 16th century as the Scottish seat of the MacNaughton clan.

Description

The castle lies on a small promontory on the northern shores of Loch Fyne, around 5 km north-east of Inveraray, Argyll. The castle is in use as a residence. The present castle was built after their previous castle was destroyed following a Plague infection. The old castle, and remnants of McNaughton crannógs, can still be seen on the lochan known as the Dubh Loch at the head of Glen Shira.

The name Dunderave is of Gaelic origin. Since the MacNachtans were designated 'of Dunderave' from as early as 1473, the place-name appears to have moved with the clan from the Dubh Loch. It has been suggested that the name derives either from Dun-an-Rudha, meaning 'The Knoll on the Promontory', or else from Dun-da-Ramh, 'The Castle of Two Oars'. The latter is taken to imply that there was a ferry near the site of the castle.

Alexander Campbell of Cawdor visited Dunderave in September 1591.

The castle was restored and remodelled in 1911 by Sir Robert Lorimer relandscaping the gardens at the same time.

The property is currently under private ownership.

References

Bibliography

References

{{harvtxt. Cock. 1998
''Book of the Thanes of Cawdor'' (Edinburgh, 1859), p. 200.
Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Robert Lorimer

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